Education
Graduate, Kim Il-Song U.
North Korean government official
Graduate, Kim Il-Song U.
Vice foreign minister, 1962; vice premier and minister foreign affairs, Government of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, since 1983. Chairman Committee for Cultural Rels. With Foreign Countries.
Member Korean Worker's Party, since 1970, secretary 1975, political commissar 1977, director international department and Chairman of Commission of peaceful reunification of fatherland. Member Politburo, since 1980.