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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

North Korea holds a massive military parade in its capital, Pyongyang, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Workers' Party of Korea rule in the country. Liu Yunshan, the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit North Korea in three years, attends the parade.
2015-10-10

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, fails to show at an event marking the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, increasing speculation about his prolonged absence from public view.
2014-10-10

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

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