Ri Yong-sik explained

Ri Yong-sik
Office:	Member of the Central Committee of the WPK
Term Start:	May 2016
Term End:	Incumbent
1Namedata:	Kim Jong Un
Office2:	Chief editor of Rodong Sinmun
Citizenship:	North Korean
Party:	Workers' Party of Korea

Ri Yong-sik (Korean: 리영식) is a North Korean politician and agitator.

Biography

In 2014 he was appointed to be the Chief editor of Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the Workers' Party of Korea,^[1] replacing Kim Pyong-ho. In 2016, following the decision of the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected to the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rodong Sinmun gets new Editor-In-Chief, possibly President. NK News.
2. Web site: Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK . . 11 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160924225901/http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 . 24 September 2016.
3. Web site: Party leadership members elected. The Pyongyang Times.