Hwang Jang-yop
Appearance
Hwang Jang-yop | |
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황장엽 | |
![]() Hwang in September 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hwang Jang-yop Februar 17, 1923 Kangdong, Japanese Korea (nou Kangdong, North Korea) |
Dee'd | October 10, 2010 Seoul, Sooth Korea | (aged 87)
Naitionality | North Korean |
Poleetical pairty | ![]() |
Hwang Jang-yop | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 황장엽 |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanisation | Hwang Jang-yeop |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Changyŏp |
Hwang Jang-yop (17 Februar 1923 – 10 October 2010) wis a major politeecian in North Korea who defectit tae Sooth Korea in 1997, makin him tae date the hichtest-rankin defector frae the isolatit state.[1] He wis lairgely responsible for craftin the Juche Idea, North Korea's offeecial state ideology.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Hwang Jang-yop dies at 87", Korea Times, 10 October 2010, retrieved 10 October 2010