2022-JUN-22

Polity Timeline
NORTH KOREA

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

TUMEN RIVER Zone [Russian Zone of Influence]

(Tumen)

- TUMEN RIVER

1904-05-01:

PYONGYANG City

(Pyongyang)

- PYONGYANG

1906-02-14:

HEIJO City

(Heijo)

- HEIJO

1910-08-23:

HEIJO City

(Heijo)

- HEIJO

1910-08-29:

HEIJO City

(Heijo)

- HEIJO

1914-01-01:

Recovery Army Government of KOREA

(Vladivostok ^x)

- KOREA-IN-EXILE

1919-03-01:

KOREAN Resistance Movements

(Adiminskaya ^g)

- KOREAN GUERILLA

1931-09-18:

NORTHEAST Anti-Japanese United Army

(Northeast Anti-Japanese Army ^z)

- MANCHURIAN GUERILLA

1932-04-25:

Anti-Japanese People´s Guerilla Army of KOREA

(Anti-Japanese Peoples Guerilla Army ^z)

- POPULAR KOREA

1945-08-26:

Soviet Union Occupied Territory of NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1945-10-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for THE FIVE NORTH KOREAN PROVINCES

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1946-02-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1946-08-28:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1948-07-10:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1948-09-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

TUMEN RIVER Zone [Russian Zone of Influence]

(Tumen)

- TUMEN RIVER

1910-08-29:

HEIJO City

(Heijo)

- HEIJO

1931-09-18:

NORTHEAST Anti-Japanese United Army

(Northeast Anti-Japanese Army ^z)

- MANCHURIAN GUERILLA

1932-04-25:

Anti-Japanese People´s Guerilla Army of KOREA

(Anti-Japanese Peoples Guerilla Army ^z)

- POPULAR KOREA

1945-10-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for THE FIVE NORTH KOREAN PROVINCES

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1946-01-01:

Provisional People´s Committee for THE FIVE NORTH KOREAN PROVINCES

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1948-07-10:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1948-09-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

1992-04-09:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

(Pyongyang ^a)

- NORTH KOREA

Sovereignty changes:

1900-01-01:

KOREA +

RUSSIA +

1904-05-01:

JAPAN +

KOREA +

1910-08-29:

JAPAN

1914-01-01:

KOREA-IN-EXILE +

RUSSIA +

1917-11-08:

KOREA-IN-EXILE +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1918-06-29:

RUSSIA +

KOREA-IN-EXILE +

MARITIME SIBERIA +

1918-08-03:

RUSSIA +

JAPAN +

KOREA-IN-EXILE +

MARITIME SIBERIA +

1918-09-02:

RUSSIA +

JAPAN +

KOREA-IN-EXILE +

MARITIME SIBERIA +

AMERICA +

1918-10-22:

WHITE RUSSIA +

JAPAN +

KOREA-IN-EXILE +

AMERICA +

1919-03-01:

WHITE RUSSIA +

GREEN UKRAINE +

1919-07-06:

WHITE RUSSIA

1920-01-01:

WHITE RUSSIA +

GREEN UKRAINE +

1922-11-05:

SOVIET RUSSIA +

FAR EAST +

1922-11-15:

SOVIET RUSSIA

1922-12-30:

RUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1931-09-18:

SOVIET CHINA +

MANCHURIAN GUERILLA +

1941-01-01:

POPULAR KOREA +

SOVIET UNION +

1945-08-26:

SOVIET UNION

1948-09-09:

NORTH KOREA

1950-10-25:

RED CHINA +

NORTH KOREA +

1958-10-26:

NORTH KOREA

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Tymannye

1904-05-01:

P´yŏngyang

1905-11-17:

Heijō

1914-01-01:

Vladivostok

1919-03-01:

Adiminskaya

1922-11-06:

Slavyanka

1928-01-01:

Novokiyevskoye

1931-09-18:

Tung-Pei

1932-04-25:

Ajpga

1936-01-01:

Baegdusanmil-yeong

1937-06-04:

Pochonbo + Baegdusanmil-yeong

1937-06-05:

Baegdusanmil-yeong

1944-01-01:

Ajpga

1945-08-15:

Kpra

1945-08-26:

P´yŏngyang

1950-09-28:

P´yŏngyang + Soul

1950-10-19:

Sinŭiju + Soul

1950-10-25:

Sinŭiju

1950-12-05:

Kanggye

1953-07-27:

P´yŏngyang

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

TYMANNYE

1904-05-01:

P´YŎNGYANG

1905-11-17:

HEIJŌ

1914-01-01:

CHOSON

1919-03-01:

HANKUK CHOHANH

1931-09-18:

TUNG-PEI

1932-04-25:

AJPGA

1945-08-15:

KPRA

1945-08-26:

SEVERNO-KOREYA

1945-10-08:

SEVERNO-KOREI

1948-09-09:

PUK CHOSŎN

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

TUMEN RIVER Zone [Russian Zone of Influence]

1904-05-01:

PYONGYANG City

1905-11-17:

HEIJO City

1914-01-01:

Recovery Army Government of KOREA

1919-03-01:

KOREAN Resistance Movements

1931-09-18:

NORTHEAST Anti-Japanese United Army

1932-04-25:

Anti-Japanese People´s Guerilla Army of KOREA

1934-03-01:

KOREAN People´s Revolutionary Army

1945-08-26:

Soviet Union Occupied Territory of NORTH KOREA

1945-10-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for THE FIVE NORTH KOREAN PROVINCES

1946-02-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

1948-09-09:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

1950-10-25:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK [People´s China Military Assistance]

1958-10-26:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

Ruler changes:

1914-01-01:

Recovery Army Government of KOREA

(Vladivostok ^x)

- Banzai Movement
(Banzai)

1919-03-01:

KOREAN Resistance Movements

(Adiminskaya ^g)

- Korean Guerilla
(hankuk-ui Umjig-im)

1931-09-18:

NORTHEAST Anti-Japanese United Army

(Northeast Anti-Japanese Army ^z)

- Kim Il-Sung
(Kim Il-Sung)

1945-08-26:

Soviet Union Occupied Territory of NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

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1945-10-08:

Provisional People´s Committee for THE FIVE NORTH KOREAN PROVINCES

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Cho Man Sik
(Cho Man Sik)

1945-10-13:

Provisional People´s Committee for THE FIVE NORTH KOREAN PROVINCES

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Kim Il-Sung
(Kim Il-Sung)

1946-08-28:

Provisional People´s Committee for NORTH KOREA

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Kim Tu-Bong
(Kim Du-Bong)

1948-09-09:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Kim Tu-Bong
(Kim Du-Bong)

1949-06-30:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Kim Il-Sung
(Kim Il-Sung)

1994-07-08:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Kim Jong-Il
(Kim Jong-Il)

2011-12-18:

Democratic People´s Republic of Korea : DPRK

(Pyongyang ^a)

- Kim Jong-Un
(Kim Jong-Un)