Kang Phyo-yong
Kang Phyo-yong (강표영) is a North Korean military officer and politician. He holds the rank of Lieutenant General in the Korean People's Army Ground Force. As of 2012, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
| Kang Phyo-yong | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 강표영 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Gang Pyoyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang P'yoyŏng |
Career
In October 1995, Kang was promoted from Senior Colonel to Major General in the Korean People's Army.[1] He was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant General, and in September 2010 he was elected to the politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Congress of September 2010.
Kang served as a member of the national mourning committee upon the deaths of Jo Myong-rok in 2010[2] and Kim Jong-il in December 2011.
gollark: Maybe don't fool your own mind, that causes problems.
gollark: It's generally more sensible to actually believe based on evidence, if you want to be *right*.
gollark: <@!330678593904443393> *Surely* your belief-or-not in god's existence should... actually be based on evidence for them existing or not?
gollark: Wait, how do you get rotten *water*?
gollark: Well, if you're going to take actions based on said (non)existence, yes.
References
- Seong-Jang Jeong (2010). "김정일 시대 북한 국방위원회의 위상•역할•엘리트" (PDF). Sejong Policy Journal. Sejong Institute. 6 (1). Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- "Archived copy" 고 조명록의 국가장의위원회 구성 (in Korean). 2010-11-06. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2014-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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