Ryu Mi-yong explained

Context:north
Hangul:류미영
Hanja:柳美英
Rr:Ryu Miyeong
Mr:Ryu Miyŏng

Ryu Mi-yong (; 14 February 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]

Biography

Ryu was the only daughter born in Harbin to independence activist . She married Choe Deok-sin in 1937 in China.[3] She and her husband Choe Deok-sin defected to the North in 1986.[4] [2] In 2000, she led a delegation of defectors to the South on an officially sanctioned reunion with family they left behind.[5] [2] Ryu died of lung cancer in November 2016. Ryu's second son,, reportedly defected to North Korea in July 2019.[6]

Ryu had received the Order of Kim Il Sung, Order of Kim Jong Il and National Reunification Prize.[7]

On her funeral committee were:[8]

  1. Yang Hyong-sop
  2. Kim Yong-chol
  3. Kim Yong-dae
  4. Jon Yong-nam
  5. Ju Yong-gil
  6. Ri Myong-gil
  7. Kim Jong-sung
  8. Ri Song-won
  9. Pak Myong-chol
  10. Ri Kil-song
  11. Yun Jong-ho

Awards and honors

A frame displaying Ryu's decorations was placed at the foot of her bier during her funeral.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: S. Korea allows son of late N.K. official to visit Pyongyang. 25 November 2016. Yonhap News Agency. en.
  2. Web site: Ryu Mi-yong – of Chongdogyo in North Korean.. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026075728/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64186914.html. dead. 26 October 2012. 10 October 2012. 16 August 2000.
  3. Web site: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/politics/view/2016/11/817397/. ko:남한 출신 월북자 '최고위급 인사' 북한 류미영 사망. 24 November 2016 .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026075728/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64186914.html Korea Times
  5. Web site: Dictator's model citizens cannot hide grief at split . . 16 August 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230219231228/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/1353007/Dictators-model-citizens-cannot-hide-grief-at-split.html . 2023-02-19 . live .
  6. News: . https://web.archive.org/web/20190707171606/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/07/07/South-Korean-man-defects-to-North-Korea-Pyongyang-says/7641562509259/ . South Korean man defects to North Korea, Pyongyang says. July 7, 2019 . July 7, 2019 . Elizabeth . Shim .
  7. Web site: Birthday Spread to Ryu Mi Yong . . . 15 February 2016 . 15 February 2016 .
  8. Web site: Ryu Mi Yong (1921–2016) . North Korea Leadership Watch . 24 November 2016 . 30 August 2018 .
  9. Web site: ko:조선중앙통신 기사 당,정권기관,사회단체,성,중앙기관 일군들과 각계층 근로자들 고 류미영의 령구를 찾아 조의 표시 . http://kcna.kp/kp/article/q/f5d5a474170af13d3f8a17e59dc54db4.kcmsf . 2023-01-10 . Korean Central News Agency.

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