Kwon Ho-ung

Kwon Ho-ung ( Hangeul : 권호웅 , * 1959 ; † 2010 in North Korea ) was a North Korean government official.

He is said to have studied at Kim Il-sung University . In 2004 or 2005 he succeeded Kim Ryong-song as negotiator of the North Korean delegation in the talks between North and South Korea , which led to a temporary relaxation during the sunshine policy of the then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung .

On July 20, 2010, the South Korean newspaper Dong-a Ilbo reported , citing an anonymous Chinese source, that Kwon had been executed in North Korea .

Web links

• Article about Kwon on koreanunification.net - as the site contains political propaganda, it should be treated with caution
• Article about the execution of Kwon on the Guardian's homepage, July 20, 2010 (with picture)
• Article in Presse , July 20, 2010 and Blick ( memento from July 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), July 21, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kwon is the family name here, Ho-ung is the first name.