Government of North Korea
National government of North Korea
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| June 2021 | The party set up the post of 'First Secretary', with speculation about potential candidates like Jo Yong-won or Kim Tok Hun. |
| May 6 2016 | 7th Party Congress held after a 36-year hiatus, where Kim Jong Un was given the new title of chairman and the first Five-Year Plan since the 1980s was announced. |
| October 10 2015 | Staged a huge military parade celebrating the party's 70th anniversary. |
| October 10 2015 | Huge military parade held to celebrate the party's 70th anniversary. |
| 2014 | Kim Jong Un leads the Workers' Party in the Supreme People's Assembly election, winning 1 seat and continuing the party's first-place status. |
| December 2013 | The Workers' Party of Korea experienced its first open inner struggle in decades with the purge of Jang Song-thaek. |
| July 2012 | Kim Jong Un was promoted to the rank of 'Marshal of the Republic'. |
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