North Korea who's who
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- Abe Shinzo
- Japan Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Armitage Richard
- US Deputy Secretary of State
- Ban Ki-moon
- ROK Foreign Minister
- Bolton John
- US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
- Chang Sung Taek
- DPRK Vice Director of KWP Central Committee, brother-in-law of Kim Jong Il
- Chi Sung-hong
- ROK Former Foreign Minister
- Cho Tae-yong
- ROK Leader of North Korea nuclear crisis Task Force at Foreign Ministry
- Cho Young-kil
- ROK Defence Minister
- Choe Hong Gyu
- DPRK Director of the Department for Planning Methodology at the State Planning Commission
- Choe Ik Gyu
- DPRK Minister of Culture
- Choe Jin Su
- DPRK Ambassador in China
- Choe Jong Gon
- DPRK Minister of City Management
- Choe Nam Gyun
- DPRK Minister of Procurement and Food Administration
- Choe Byung-yul
- ROK Chairman of the Grand National Party - firm opponent of the Kim regime in Pyongyang
- Choe Ryong Su
- DPRK People's Security Minister, member of the National Defence Commission, Chairman of the SPA Legislation Committee
- Choe Su Hon
- DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister
- Choe Tae Bok
- DPRK Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Choe Yong Gon
- DPRK Vice Minister of Construction and Building-Materials Industries, Chairman of the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation
- Chung Dong-young
- ROK Minister of Unification
- Chung Ju-yung
- ROK Founder of Hyundai (+)
- Chung Mong-hun
- ROK Chairman of Hyundai Asan (+)
- Chyung Dai-chul
- ROK special envoy of president Roh to US
- Dai Bingguo
- PRC President Hu Jintao's Special Envoy to Pyongyang AccessAsia profile July 2003
- Detrani Joseph
- US Special Envoy for DPRK negotiations - successor to Jack Pritchard, and US representative to KEDO
- ElBaradei Mohamed
- IAEA Director General
- Fu Ying
- PRC Foreign Ministry Chief of Asian Affairs Bureau
- Goh Kun
- former ROK Prime Minister and interim President during Roh Moo-hyun's impeachment
- Green Michael
- Asian affairs director on the US National Security Council
- Gregg Donald P.
- former US Ambassador to Seoul in the first Bush administration 1989-1993
- Han Song Ryol
- DPRK Deputy Ambassador to the UN
- Hill Christopher
- US Ambassador to South Korea
- Hitomi Soga
- Japanese wife of Charles Jenkins, kidnapped by the DPRK
- Ho Jong
- DPRK Ambassador of the Foreign Ministry
- Hong Sok Hyong
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Hong Song Nam
- DPRK former Prime Minister
- Hwang Jang-yop
- DPRK former Secretary of KWP, defected to South Korea in 1997
- Hyon Chol Hae
- DPRK General in KPA
- Hyun Jung-eun
- ROK Chairwoman of Hyundai Asan, widow of Chung Mong-hun
- Jang Il Son
- DPRK Minister of Land and Environment Preservation
- Jenkins Charles Robert
- former US army soldier living in the DPRK, husband of Hitomi Soga
- Jeong Se-hyun
- former ROK Unification Minister
- Ji Jae Suk
- DPRK Ambassador to Singapore
- Jo Chang Dok
- DPRK Vice Premier of the Cabinet
- Jo Il Min
- Chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK)
- Jo Myong Rok
- DPRK Vice Marshal, First Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Director of the General Political Department of the KPA
- Jo Yun Hui
- DPRK Minister of Construction and Building-materials Industries
- Jon Pyong Ho
- DPRK member of the National Defence Commission
- Jon Sung Hun
- DPRK Vice Prime Minister
- Jong Ha Chol
- DPRK Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Jong Mun San
- DPRK Chief Secretary of the Cabinet
- Ju Tong Il
- DPRK Minister of Power and Coal Industries
- Kang Yong Sop
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Kang Sok Ju
- DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister, negotiator of Agreed Framework, one of Kim Jong Il's closest confidents
- Kelly James A.
- US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Kim Chang Sik
- DPRK Minister of Agriculture
- Kim Chang Su
- DPRK Director of the Central Statistics Bureau
- Kim Chol Su
- Alleged DPRK alias of professor Song Doo-yul, according to defector Hwang Jang-yop
- Kim Dae-jung
- ROK Former President
- Kim Dong-keun
- ROK president of the Korea Industrial Complex Corp., nominated as head for the Kaesong management agency
- Kim Gye Gwan
- DPRK Vice Foreign Minister
- Kim Il Chol
- DPRK Defence Minister, member of the National Defence Commission
- Kim Il Sung
- DPRK Eternal Leader (+), father of Kim Jong Il
- Kim John
- ROK Director of General Affairs at Pyeonghwa Motors Corp.
- Kim Jong Chul
- DPRK second son of Kim Jong Il, possible heir (first son of Koh Yong Hee, born 1981)
- Kim Jong Gak
- DPRK General of the Korean People's Army
- Kim Jong Gi
- DPRK Vice Minister of Foreign Trade
- Kim Jong Il
- DPRK Dear Leader, son of Kim Il Sung, Supreme Commander of the KPA, Chairman of the National Defense Commission, General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party
- Kim Jong Nam
- DPRK first son of Kim Jong Il, possible heir (son of Song Hye Rim), reported to be in charge of DPRK IT industry development
- Kim Jong Suk
- DPRK 'Mother of Korea' (+), wife of Kim Il Sung, mother of Kim Jong Il, anti-Japanese revolutionary heroine
- Kim Jong Woon (Jong Un)
- DPRK third son of Kim Jong Il, also know as 'Morning Star King', possible heir (second son of Koh Yong Hee born 1983 or 1982), mentioned by Kenji Fujimoto in his book 'Kim Jong Il's Chef'
- Kim Jung Rin
- DPRK Secretary of the WPK Central Committee
- Kim Ki Nam
- DPRK Secretary of the WPK Central Committee
- Kim Kwang Rin
- DPRK Chairman of the State Planning Commission
- Kim Kyong Ho
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Kim Kyong Hui
- DPRK sister of Kim Jong Il, wife of Chang Sung Taek
- Kim Myong Chol
- Japanese Korean, so-called unofficial spokesman of the DPRK, said to be close to Kim Jong Il
- Kim Pyong Ryul
- DPRK President of the Central Court
- Kim Ryong Song
- DPRK Chief Delegate for ministerial talks with ROK
- Kim Su Hak
- DPRK Minister of Public Health
- Kim Sung Hyon
- DPRK Minister of Metal and Machine-building Industries
- Kim Thae Jong
- DPRK Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Kim Ui Sun
- DPRK Minister of State Inspection
- Kim Wan Su
- DPRK President of the Central Bank
- Kim Yong Chun
- DPRK Chief of KPA General Staff, member of the National Defence Commission
- Kim Yong Dae
- DPRK Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, leader of the Social Democratic Party
- Kim Yong Il
- DPRK Vice Foreign Minster, Minister of Land and Marine Transport
- Kim Yong Jin
- DPRK Minister of Education
- Kim Yong Ju
- DPRK Honorary Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Kim Yong Nam
- DPRK President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Kim Yong Sam
- DPRK Minister of Railways
- Kim Yong Sul
- DPRK Vice Foreign Minister
- Kim Yong Sun
- DPRK Chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (+)
- Kim Yoon-kyu
- ROK President of Hyundai Asan
- Kim Yun Hyok
- DPRK Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Koh Yong Hee
- DPRK unofficial wife of Kim Jong Il, also known as 'the Mother of Pyongyang', mother of Kim Jong Chul and Kim Jong Woon, the possible successor of Kim Jong Il. (+) Probably died in May-Jun 2004.
- Koizumi Junichiro
- Japan Prime Minister
- Kun Sun Un
- DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister
- Kung Sok Ung
- DPRK Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Kwak Pom Gi
- DPRK Vice Prime Minister
- Kwon Chin-ho
- ROK National Security Adviser
- Lee Hai-chan
- ROK Prime Minister
- Lee Tae-sik
- ROK Deputy Foreign Minister
- Lim Dong-won
- ROK Special Adviser on Diplomacy, Security and Unification, envoy of Kim Dae-jung
- Losyukov Alexander
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
- Mun Il Bong
- DPRK Finance Minister
- Ning Fukui
- PRC ambassador for the DPRK 6-way talks
- O Su Yong
- DPRK Minister of Electronics Industry
- Pae Tal Jun
- DPRK Minister of State Construction Control
- Paek Nam Sun
- DPRK Foreign Minister
- Paek Se Bong
- DPRK member of the National Defence Commission
- Pak Chang Ryun
- DPRK Chief Delegate for economic talks with the ROK, First Vice Chairman of State Planning Commission
- Pak Gil Yon
- DPRK Ambassador to UN
- Pak Jae Gyong
- DPRK General in KPA
- Pak Myong Chol
- DPRK Chairman of the Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission
- Pak Nam Gi
- DPRK Chairman of the SPA Budget Committee
- Pak Pong Ju
- DPRK Prime Minister, former Minister of Chemical Industry, visited the South in 2002
- Pak Song Chol
- DPRK Honorary Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Pak Sun Hui
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Pak Thae Hwa
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Pak Ui Chun
- DPRK Ambassador in Russia
- Park Sang-kwon
- President of Pyonghwa Motors Company in Nampo, North Korea (joint venture with South Korea)
- Park Tae-joon
- ROK former Prime Minister and Chairman of Posco, new candidate for governor of Sinuiju SAR?
- Pritchard Jack
- former US State Department official, main link to the DPRK mission at the UN
- Pulikovsky Konstantin
- Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern District, author of controversial book on Kim Jong Il
- Pyon Yong Rip
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, President of the Academy of Sciences
- Ra Jong-yil
- ROK former National Security Adviser
- Ri Gun
- DPRK Deputy Director General of the Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau
- Ri Je Son
- DPRK Director General of the General Department of Atomic Energy
- Ri Jong Hyok
- DPRK Vice Chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee
- Ri Ju O
- DPRK Minister of Light Industry
- Ri Kil Song
- DPRK Public Prosecutor General of Central Public Prosecutors Office
- Ri Kum Bom
- DPRK Minister of Post and Telecommunications
- Ri Kwang Gun
- DPRK former Minister of Foreign Trade
- Ri Kwang Ho
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Ri Kwang Nam
- DPRK Minister of Extractive Industries
- Ri Kyong Sik
- DPRK Minister of Agriculture
- Ri Mu Yong
- DPRK Minister of Chemical Industry
- Ri Myong Su
- DPRK General in KPA
- Ri Myong Won
- DPRK Secretary of the Central Committee of the Kimilsung Socialist Youth League
- Ri Sang Mu
- DPRK Minister of Forestry
- Ri Song Dae
- DPRK former trade representative, seeking political asylum in Canada
- Ri Song Ung
- DPRK Minister of Fisheries
- Ri Si Hong
- DPRK initial Charge d'Affairs in London, UK
- Ri To Sop
- DPRK Consul General in Hong Kong
- Ri Yong Ho
- DPRK Ambassador in London, UK, previously Councilor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ri Yong Mu
- DPRK Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission
- Ri Yong Nam
- DPRK Vice Trade Minister
- Ri Yong Son
- DPRK Minister of Commerce
- Ri Won Il
- DPRK Minister of Labour
- Richardson Bill
- Former US Ambassador to UN, Secretary of Energy in the Clinton administration, Governor of New Mexico
- Rice Condoleeza
- US Secretary of State
- Rim Kyong Man
- DPRK Minister of Foreign Trade
- Ro Tu Chol
- DPRK Vice Chairman of the State Planning Commission, Vice Prime Minister
- Roh Moo-hyun
- ROK President, impeached in March 2004
- Ryom Sun Gil
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, head of the General Federation of Trade Unions
- Ryu Mi Yong
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, leader of the Chondoist Chongu Party
- Sazonov Vladimir
- Russia Deputy Railway Minister
- Shinzo Abe
- Japan Deputy Cabinet Secretary
- So Man Sul
- Chairman of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon (pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan)
- Solana Javier
- EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
- Song Doo-yul
- Alleged pro-Pyongyang South Korean professor residing in Germany, back in South Korea now
- Straub David
- US Director of the Office of Korean Affairs at the State Department
- Strong Maurice
- UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Pyongyang
- Sung Sang Sop
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Tang Jiaxuan
- PRC Foreign Minister
- Thae Hyong Chol
- DPRK member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Wang Jiarui
- PRC Head of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the CPC
- Wang Yi
- PRC Vice Foreign Minister in charge of Asian Affairs
- Wu Bangguo
- PRC Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC)
- Wu Donghe
- PRC Ambassador to Pyongyang
- Yang Bin
- PRC tycoon, first governor of Sinuiju until arrested for fraud in China AccessAsia profile July 2003
- Yang Hyong Sop
- DPRK Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Yon Hyong Muk
- DPRK Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission, potential successor of Kim Jong Il?
- Yoon Young-kwan
- ROK former Foreign Minister