Ryu Mi-yong

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

In this Korean name, the family name is Ryu.

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.^[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 [ko], 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]

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.^[9]

Notes

1. 7 January According to the Lunar Calendar