Ryu Mi-yong
Appearance
Ryu Mi-yong | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 류미영 |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Ryu Mi-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Miyŏng |
Template:Korean name Ryu Mi Yong (14 February[1] 1921 – 23 November 2016[2]) was the chairwoman of the North Korean Chondoist Chongu Party.[3] She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly.[3] She is known as a defector from South Korea to the North.[3] She and her husband Choe Deok-sin defected to the North in 1986.[4][3] In 2000, she led a delegation of defectors to the South on an officially sanctioned reunion with family they left behind.[5][3]
Ryu had received the Order of Kim Il-sung, Order of Kim Jong-il and National Reunification Prize.[6]
References
- ^ 7 January According to the Lunar Calendar
- ^ "S. Korea allows son of late N.K. official to visit Pyongyang". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Korea Times
- ^ The Daily Telegraph
- ^ "Birthday Spread to Ryu Mi Yong". Naenara. KCNA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.