Order of Friendship (North Korea)

The Order of Friendship (Korean: 친선훈장) is a state order awarded by the government of North Korea. It is restricted only to non-nationals. The order has two classes.

Order of Friendship
Awarded by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Type	State order
Established	25 July 1985
Country	North Korea
Eligibility	Foreigners
Criteria	International friendship

Order of Friendship
Chosŏn'gŭl	친선훈장
Hancha	親善勳章
Revised Romanization	Chinseon hunjang
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'insŏn hunjang

The order was established on 25 July 1985.^[1]

Recipients

First Class

Recipient	Date	Citizenship	Ref
Timo Ravela	1986	Finland	[2]
Sakari Knuuttila	1986	Finland	[2]
Anna-Liisa Jokinen [fi]	1986	Finland	[2]
Hifikepunye Pohamba	20 March 2008	Namibia	[3]
Liu Xiaoming	February 3, 2010	China	[4]
Antonio Inoki	September 2010	Japan	[5]
German Hermin Ferras Alvarez	November 18, 2015	Cuba	[6]
Alexander Matsegora	November 23, 2015	Russia	[7]
Johnny Hon	2007	Hong Kong	[citation needed]
Neil Jurgen Fitzgerald		Australia	[citation needed]
Jozef Servista	August 7, 2017	Czech Republic	[8]
Li Jinjun	December 23, 2021	China	[9]

Second Class

Recipient	Date	Citizenship	Ref
Ensio Laine	1986	Finland	[2]
Matti Salminen	1986	Finland	[2]
Masako Yamashita	May 2, 1997	Japan	[10]
Jan Langer	1988	Czechoslovakia	[11]
Ellsworth Culver	January 10, 2006	United States	[12]
Norbert Vollertsen	1999	Germany	[13]
Alejandro Cao de Benos	Unknown	Spain	[14]
Nataša Weberová		Czech Republic	[11]
Tony Michell		United Kingdom	[15][16]
Pekka Leppänen [fi]	September 5, 2015	Finland	[17]
Neil Jurgen Fitzgerald		Australia	[citation needed]
Lukáš Vrobel	April 14, 2019	Czech Republic	[18]
Miguel Alba	May 4, 1994	Mexico	[19][20]
Mario Bogdanov	2024	Bulgaria	[21]
Michael Prewett	2024	United Kingdom	[21]

See also

• North Korea portal
• Numismatics portal

• Orders, decorations, and medals of North Korea