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1974 in North Korea

overview of North Korea-related events during the year of 1974

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ19568419 ↗
Source-derived summary

Events from the year 1974 in North Korea.

Incumbents

Premier: Kim Il

Supreme Leader: Kim Il Sung

President: Kim Il Sung

Vice President: Choe Yong-gon (alongside Kang Ryang-uk and Kim Tong-gyu (starting November))

Births

24 July - Ham Pong-sil.

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The public source identifies “1974 in North Korea” as overview of North Korea-related events during the year of 1974. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around North, Korea and overview.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with North, Korea and overview providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q19568419. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1974.

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This entry incorporates text from “1974 in North Korea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.