Ryu Mi-yong
Ryu Mi-yong | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 류미영 |
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Hancha | 柳美英 |
Revised Romanization | Ryu Mi-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Miyŏng |
Ryu Mi-yong (14 February[lower-alpha 1] 1921 – 23 November 2016[1]) was the chairwoman of the North Korean Chondoist Chongu Party.[2] She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly.[2] She was known as a defector from South Korea to the North.[2] She and her husband Choe Deok-sin defected to the North in 1986.[3][2] In 2000, she led a delegation of defectors to the South on an officially sanctioned reunion with family they left behind.[4][2]
Ryu had received the Order of Kim Il-sung, Order of Kim Jong-il and National Reunification Prize.[5]
On her funeral committee were:[6]
- Yang Hyong-sop
- Kim Yong-chol
- Kim Yong-dae
- Jon Yong-nam
- Ju Yong-gil
- Ri Myong-gil
- Kim Jong-sung
- Ri Song-won
- Pak Myong-chol
- Ri Kil-song
- Yun Jong-ho
Notes
- ↑ 7 January According to the Lunar Calendar
References
- ↑ "S. Korea allows son of late N.K. official to visit Pyongyang". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ryu Mi-yong -- Representitive(sic) of Chongdogyo in North Korean". High Beam Research. August 16, 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ Korea Times
- ↑ The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ "Birthday Spread to Ryu Mi Yong". Naenara. KCNA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ryu Mi Yong (1921-2016)". North Korea Leadership Watch. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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