| January 6 | The DPRK
fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the East
（from Pyeongyang） |
| January
6 | Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un
oversaw the test-fire of a new type of intermediate-range
hypersonic ballistic missile （January 7, Rodong/KCNA） |
| January 8 （Local Time） | The UN Security Council convened a meeting on
“North Korea’s ballistic missile launch” （New York, U.S.） |
| January 10 （Local Time） | The 4th ROK-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group
（NCG） meeting （New York, U.S.） |
|
January 14 | The DPRK fired
several short-range ballistic missiles towards the East （from
Kanggye） |
| January 17 |
Remarks by the chief of the External Policy
Office of the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK regarding the
ROK-U.S. NCG meeting （January 10） and ROK-U.S.-Japan joint air
drills （January 15） |
| January
20 | The vice department director
Kim Yo Jong clarified the stand of the DPRK on the issue of the
DPRK-Belarus top-level meeting （KCNA） |
| January 22-23 | The
12th session of the 14th Presidium of the Supreme People’s
Assembly （Rodong/KCNA） |
|
January 26 | Remarks by the
chief of the Foreign News Section of the Department of Press and
Information of the DPRK Foreign Ministry regarding the ROK-U.S.
joint air drills （January 21-24） （Rodong/KCNA） |
| January 25 | The
DPRK fired several cruise missiles toward its western
waters |
| January 25 | Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the
test-fire of an important weapon system （January 26,
Rodong/KCNA） |
| January 27
| The 30th enlarged meeting of the
Secretariat of the 8th Central Committee of the WPK （January 29,
Rodong/KCNA） |
| January 29
| Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un inspected
the nuclear-material production base and the Nuclear Weapons
Institute （Rodong/KCNA） |
