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

Ryu Mi-yong (Korean: 류미영; 14 February 1921 – 23 November 2016) was the chairwoman of the North Korean Chondoist Chongu Party. She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly. She was known as a defector from South Korea to the North.

Biography

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

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

On her funeral committee were:

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.

Notes

1. 7 January According to the Lunar Calendar

References

1. "S. Korea allows son of late N.K. official to visit Pyongyang". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
2. ^ "Ryu Mi-yong – Representitive [sic] of Chongdogyo in North Korean". 16 August 2000. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
3. 남한 출신 월북자 '최고위급 인사' 북한 류미영 사망. 24 November 2016.
4. Korea Times
5. "Dictator's model citizens cannot hide grief at split". The Daily Telegraph. 16 August 2000. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023.
6. ^ Shim, Elizabeth (7 July 2019). "South Korean man defects to North Korea, Pyongyang says". UPI. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019.
7. "Birthday Spread to Ryu Mi Yong". Naenara. Korean Central News Agency. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
8. "Ryu Mi Yong (1921–2016)". North Korea Leadership Watch. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
9. 조선중앙통신 | 기사 | 당,정권기관,사회단체,성,중앙기관 일군들과 각계층 근로자들 고 류미영의 령구를 찾아 조의 표시. Korean Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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