Ryu Mi-yong

Ryu Mi-yong
Chosŏn'gŭl 류미영
Hancha 柳美英
Revised Romanization Ryu Mi-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Ryu Miyŏng
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ryu.

Ryu Mi Yong (born January 7, 1921) is the current chairwoman of the North Korean Chondoist Chongu Party.[1] She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly.[1] She is known as a defector from South Korea to the North.[1] She and her husband Choe Deok-sin defected to the North in 1986.[2][1] In 2000, she led a delegation of defectors to the South on an officially sanctioned reunion with family they left behind.[3][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Ryu Mi-yong -- Representitive(sic) of Chongdogyo in North Korean.". High Beam Research. August 16, 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Korea Times
  3. ↑ The Daily Telegraph