1953 in North Korea

1953
in
North Korea

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:Other events in 1953
Years in North Korea
Timeline of Korean history
1953 in South Korea

Events from the year 1953 in North Korea.

Incumbents

  • Premier: Kim Il Sung
  • Supreme Leader: Kim Il Sung

Events

  • July 27 – The Korean War ends, with the Korean Armistice Agreement: The United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China and North Korea sign an armistice agreement at Panmunjom, and the north remains communist, while the south remains capitalist.
  • August 17 - 12 high ranking government officials are arrested and forced to confess to spying for South Korea during the Korean war in a show trial. Lee Sung Yup, the Justice minister is declared to be the ringleader, former Foreign minister Pak Hong Wong and military officer Pae Choi were declared his accomplices.[1]

Establishments

  • North Korea Peace Museum

See also

  • Years in Japan
  • Years in South Korea

References

  1. ^ TIME (1953-08-17). "NORTH KOREA: Purge North of the 38th". TIME. Retrieved 2025-01-25.