Events in Pyongyang History
- 1950-10-19 UN forces enter Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
- 1950-11-04 US troops vacate Pyongyang, North Korea
- 1951-06-13 UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
Summit of Interest
2000-06-13 South Korean President Kim Dae-jung meets North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang
- 2016-03-16 US college student Otto Warmbier is sentenced to 15 years hard labour for trying to steal a political poster, in Pyongyang, North Korea
Meeting of Interest
2018-03-05 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean officials for the first time since taking office, hosting a dinner in Pyongyang
- 2018-09-19 Korean joint summit in Pyongyang agrees to limit North Korea's weapons programme and to South Korea economic cooperation
Xi Jinping Meets Kim Jong-un
2019-06-20 Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years
Famous People from Pyongyang
Kim Jong-un (41 years old)
1983-01-08 North Korean politician and Supreme Leader of North Korea (2011-), born in Pyongyang, North Korea [note some sources give year as 1982, and some as 1984]
- 1987-09-26 Kim Yo-jong, North Korean politician, younger sister of leader Kim Jong-un, born in Pyongyang, North Korea
Famous North Koreans
Kim Il-sung
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-un