Yang Hyong-sop
Yang Hyong-sop (1 October 1925 – 13 May 2022)[1] was a North Korean politician. He was elected chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly in 1983,[2] and served until 1998. He was vice president of the Presidium of the Spa (1998–2019).
Yang was born in Hamhung. He attended Moscow State University and Kim Il-sung University. He was married to Kim Shin-sook, a cousin of Kim Il-Sung.[3]
Yang Hyong-sop died of a stroke on 13 May 2022, at the age of 96.[4]
References
- ↑ "양형섭 (楊亨燮)" (in Korean). Information Center on North Korea, South Korean Unification Ministry. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Kihl, Young Whan (January 1984). "North Korea in 1983: Transforming "The Hermit Kingdom"?". Asian Survey. 24 (1): 100–111. doi:10.2307/2644170. JSTOR 2644170.
- ↑ Martin, Bradley (2006). Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-32221-6.
- ↑ Yang Hyong Sop passes away. KCNA Watch. 15 May 2022. https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1652567682-537865418/yang-hyong-sop-passes-away.