2021 in North Korea

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See also:	Other events of 2021; Years in North Korea; Timeline of Korean history; 2021 in South Korea

Events in the year 2021 in North Korea.

Incumbents

From 5 January – The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.^[1]
10 January – 8th Congress congress restored the operative functions of the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, a title previously awarded "eternally" to Kim Jong Il, and elected Kim Jong Un to it.
On January 14, a military parade took place in Kim Il-sung Square in which ballistic missiles were revealed, after a Workers' Party of Korea meeting was held by Kim Jong Un to oppose growing "US hostility." The Korean Central News Agency announced that the nuclear weapons showcased could “pre-emptively and completely destroy any enemy outside of our territory”.^[2]

4 February – Ri Jae-il, politician, First Deputy Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department (born 1935).^[3]
13 December – Kim Yong-ju, politician and the younger brother of Kim Il Sung (born 1920).