2025 in North Korea
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The following is a list of events from the year 2025 in North Korea.
Incumbents
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Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 6 – According to reports by the South Korean military, North Korea launches an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan.[1][2]
- January 11 – Ukraine announces the capture of two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia's Kursk Oblast.[3]
- January 16 – Travel agencies announce the reopening of the border city of Rason and the Rason Special Economic Zone to foreign visitors following a prolonged closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.[4]
February
[edit]- February 13 – According to reports by the South Korean Ministry of Unification, North Korea begins the demolition of the Reunion Center for the Separated Families, which hosts reunions of families split by the Korean War, in Mount Kumgang.[5]
- February 27 – The United States formally accuses North Korea of responsibility over the theft of $1.5 billion in virtual assets from the cryptocurrency exchange ByBit, in what is reported to be the biggest such heist in history.[6]
- February 28 – North Korea announces that it had carried out test launches of strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "North Korea fires first ballistic missile in two months - Seoul". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Hagstrom, Anders (2025-01-06). "North Korea carries out first missile launch test since Trump's election". Fox News. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ "Ukraine says it captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Travel agencies say North Korea reopens border city to tourism". France 24. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families". AP News. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
- ^ "North Korea behind $1.5bn hack of crypto exchange ByBit, says FBI". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "North Korea says it launched cruise missiles in message to 'enemies'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
