Ryu Mi-yong

Ryu Mi-yong
Chosŏn'gŭl 류미영
Hancha 柳美英
Revised Romanization Ryu Mi-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Ryu Miyŏng

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 was 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

  1. ↑ 7 January According to the Lunar Calendar
  2. ↑ "S. Korea allows son of late N.K. official to visit Pyongyang". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ryu Mi-yong -- Representitive(sic) of Chongdogyo in North Korean.". High Beam Research. August 16, 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Korea Times
  5. ↑ The Daily Telegraph
  6. ↑ "Birthday Spread to Ryu Mi Yong". Naenara. KCNA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.


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