| 02/12/97 | Leading party ideologue Hwang Jang Yop defects to the South Korean embassy in Beijing. |
| 05/01/48 | The establishment of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. |
| 06/25/50 | North Korea mounted a surprise invasion of South Korea. |
| 06/27/50 | U.S. President Harry Truman ordered U.S. combat units into action to enforce the U.N. condemnation of North Korea's invasion of South Korea. |
| 06/28/50 | The United Nations condemned North Korea's attack of South Korea and decreed a withdrawal of the invading forces. |
| 07/18/94 | The death of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. |
| 07/27/53 | The armistice ending the Korean War was signed. |
| 09/15/50 | U.N. Commander General Douglas MacArthur made an amphibious landing at Inchon, behind North Korean lines, and routed the North Korean army. |
| 11/12/94 | An American army helicopter was shot down in North Korean airspace. One pilot died in the crash, and the other repatriated more than two weeks later. |
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