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Ryu Mi-yong
Chosŏn'gŭl
류미영
Hancha
Revised RomanizationRyu Mi-yeong
McCune–ReischauerRyu Miyŏng

Template:Korean name Ryu Mi Yong (born February 14,[1] 1921) is the current chairwoman of the North Korean Chondoist Chongu Party.[2] She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly.[2] She is 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 has received the Order of Kim Il-sung, Order of Kim Jong-il and National Reunification Prize.[5]

References

  1. ^ January 7 According to the Lunar Calendar
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ryu Mi-yong -- Representitive(sic) of Chongdogyo in North Korean". High Beam Research. August 16, 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ Korea Times
  4. ^ The Daily Telegraph
  5. ^ "Birthday Spread to Ryu Mi Yong". Naenara. KCNA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.