Ryu Mi-yong | |
Korean name | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 류미영 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Ryu Mi-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Miyŏng |
Ryu Mi-yong (14 February [a] 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]
Ryu was the only daughter born in Harbin to independence activist Ryu Dong-ryol . 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. [6] Ryu's second son, Choe In-guk , 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]
A frame displaying Ryu's decorations was placed at the foot of her bier during her funeral. [9]
Ryu Mi-yong | |
Korean name | |
---|---|
Chosŏn'gŭl | 류미영 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Ryu Mi-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Miyŏng |
Ryu Mi-yong (14 February [a] 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]
Ryu was the only daughter born in Harbin to independence activist Ryu Dong-ryol . 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. [6] Ryu's second son, Choe In-guk , 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]
A frame displaying Ryu's decorations was placed at the foot of her bier during her funeral. [9]