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Women in North Korean Politics
Timeline of Important Developments in Women's Issues
1925: Communist Party of Korea is formed
Nov. 18, 1945: Korean Democratic Women's Union is estblished
(Later known as Socialist Women's Union of Korea)
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1970s: First Pleasure Squad is created for Kim Il-Sung
Dec. 17, 2011: Kim Jong-Il dies; his pleasure squad is disbanded
2015: Women are required to serve 5 years in the North Korean military
2015: Reports allege Kim Jong-Un is has started a search for new members for his pleasure squad
Jun. 12, 2018: North Korea–United States Singapore Summit starts with Choe Son-Hui and Kim Yo-Jong in attendance
Jun. 11, 2022: Choe Son-Hui becomes the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs​​
Mar. 25, 2018: Ri Sol-Ju and her Husband Kim Jong-Un meet with President Xi and his wife in China
Feb. 9, 2018: Winter Olympics start in South Korea with the North Korean delegation present including Ri Sol-Ju, Ri Chun-Hee, Kim Yo-Jong, and a group of offical cheerleaders
2012: Ri Chun-Hee retires, now only makes a few apperances reporting on important developments
Sept. 9, 1948: Democratic People's Republic of Korea is established
Sept. 27, 2010: Kim Kyong-Hui becomes the first women to become a general in the Korean People's Army
Nov. 2022: Kim Ju-Ae's first public apperance
June 25, 1950: North Korea innvades South Korea and Starts the Korea war
July 27, 1953: North Korea, China, and the United Nation signed an armistice, ending the conflict of the Korean War and leaving the peninsula divided
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