Ryu Mi-yong
Introduction '''Ryu Mi-yong''' (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. 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, , 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:# Yang Hyong-sop# Kim Yong-chol# Kim Yong-dae# Jon Yong-nam# Ju Yong-gil# Ri Myong-gil# Kim Jong-sung# Ri Song-won# Pak Myong-chol# Ri Kil-song# Yun Jong-ho
Awards and honors A frame displaying Ryu's decorations was placed at the foot of her bier during her funeral.150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px150x150px
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