Dates of Interest
2012
Jan 8: Kim Jong-un's Birthday
Jan 9-11: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in Beijing.
Jan 16: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell meets in Washington with the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan to discuss North Korea.
Jan 30-Feb 2: Special Envoy Glyn Davies travels to Russia for talks on North Korea.
Feb 1-2: Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell visits South Korea.
Feb 16: Kim Jong-il's Birthday (DPRK National Holiday)
Feb 23: US holds bilateral talks with North Korea in Beijing concerning its nuclear program
Feb 27: Operation Key Resolve, US-ROK joint military exercise, begins
Feb 29: US and North Korea announce that the DPRK will instate a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests and its nuclear activities at Yongbyon, and that the US will provide 240,000 tons of nutritional assistance to the DPRK.
March 4: Russian Presidential Election
March 7: Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Robert King and USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Jon Brause meet with North Korean officials in Beijing to discuss details of US nutritional assistance to North Korea
March 7-10: North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho travels to New York for Track II conferences sponsored by Syracuse University and the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.
March 16: North Korea announces plans for satellite launch
March 25: President Obama visits DMZ
March 26-27: Nuclear Security Summit, Seoul
April 11: South Korean National Assembly Elections
April 11: North Korean Workers' Party Conference begins
April 12: North Korea attempts satellite launch
April 14-17: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell travels to Tokyo, Seoul
April 15: Kim Il-Sung Centennial Birthday Celebration (DPRK National Holiday)
April 30: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meets with President Obama, Washington
May 1: May Day (DPRK National Holiday)
May 12: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao meet at the Fifth Korea-China-Japan summit in Beijing.
July 8: Anniversary of the Death of Kim Il-sung (DPRK National Holiday)
July 27: Anniversary of Korean War Armistice Signing (DPRK National Holiday)
Aug 15: Liberation Day (DPRK National Holiday)
Aug/Sept: Ulchi-Freedom Guardian Joint Military Exercises
Sept 9: Anniversary of the Founding of the DPRK (DPRK National Holiday)
Oct 10: Anniversary of the Founding of the Korean Workers' Party (DPRK National Holiday)
Nov 6: US Presidential Election
Dec 19: South Korean Presidential Election
