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North Korean state media says that Kim Jong-un has been formally elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, inheriting the title from his late father Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011.
2021-01-10

North Korea holds a rare nighttime military parade featuring missiles to mark the 75th anniversary of the Workers' Party. This was the country’s first military parade in two years.
2020-10-10

Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for a two-day state visit with Korean Workers' Party chairman Kim Jong-un.
2019-06-20

North Korea announces that Ri Yong-ho, a senior military figure and a member of the central presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea, is relieved of all duties due to illness.
2012-07-16

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is given two posts in the Workers' Party of Korea previously held by his father Kim Jong-Il, including chairman of the party's Central Military Commission and a standing member of the Politburo.
2012-04-12

The ruling Workers Party in North Korea calls a conference in mid-April to consolidate the transfer of leadership to Kim Jong-un from his father Kim Jong-Il.
2012-02-20

The Workers' Party of Korea conference begins in Pyongyang, North Korea.
2010-09-28

North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea cancels its largest political convention in thirty years officially due to floods caused by Typhoon Kompasu but sparking speculation about the health of Kim Jong-il.
2010-09-15

The ruling Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea announces that it will convene a meeting in September to elect new leaders.
2010-06-26

Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party of China's liaison office, arrives in North Korea on a "goodwill visit" at the invitation of the Workers' Party of Korea.
2010-02-6