Jo Yong-won

Jo Yong-won (조용원) is a North Korean politician. He is the chairman of the Inspection Commission of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK),[3] a vice director of the party's Organization and Guidance Department (OGD),[4] and a deputy chief of the Personal Secretariat of Kim Jong-un.[2] Jo has been a full member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK since it was elected at the 7th Congress of the WPK in May 2016.[5][1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jo.
Jo Yong-won
Chosŏn'gŭl
Revised RomanizationJo Yongwon
McCune–ReischauerCho Yo’ng-wo’n
[1][2]

Jo is a confidant of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, and accompanies him often on guidance tours, mostly in relation to economy.[4] In 2016 he was the most frequent member of Kim's entourage.[6] Jo is believed to be Kim Jong-un's Personal Action Officer within the OGD.[7] According to Oliver Hotham of NK News, Jo, "once described as a 'rising star' of DPRK politics remains one of the country's most important officials". Jo is often featured in North Korean media; in 2018 his name was mentioned more often than that of any other official except Kim Jong-un.[4] The United States Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Jo for his involvement in the censorship activities of the OGD.[4][8]

See also

References
  1. 조용원(남성). nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. "KJU and RSJ Visits Food and Bag Factories in Wo'nsan". North Korea Leadership Watch. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. "Second Plenum of Seventh WPK Central Committee". KCNA. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. Hotham, Oliver (7 January 2019). "Jo Yong Won was Kim Jong Un's most prominent official in 2018, data reveals". NK News. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. "Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK". Naenara. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. Kim Soo-yeon (27 October 2016). "Jo Yong-won most frequent attendee of N.K. leader's on-site inspections". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  7. Collins, Robert. "North Korea's ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT" (PDF). hrnk.org. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. Macdonald, Hamish (11 January 2017). "U.S. sanctions Kim Jong Un's sister for censorship activities". NK News. Retrieved 7 March 2019.


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