Kim Jung-rin

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Jung-rin
김중린
Personal details
Born7 December 1923
Usi County, Chagang Province
Died28 April 2010 (aged 86)
Pyongyang, North Korea
Cause of deathMyocardial infarction
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea

Kim Jung-rin (

Workers’ Party of Korea, as well as a member of the Politburo and party secretary.[1]

Biography

Kim Jung-rin was born on December 7, 1923, into a poor peasant family in

Korean Peninsula in China.[2] In 1945, Japan surrendered, and World War II ended, Kim Jung-rin came to North Korea and enrolled in the local Central Party School. In 1948, he became the party committee minister of North Hamgyong Province. Later, he was sent to the advanced party school of the Soviet Union for further study. In 1956, he had returned to China and was appointed as a standing member of the Central Committee of the Korean Red Cross, responsible for the Korean return movement in Japan. In 1966, he became Culture Secretary of the 4th Central Committee. In 1961, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Peaceful Unification Committee of the Motherland. In the same year, he was promoted to alternate member of the 4th Political Committee
.

In 1962, Kim Jung-rin was elected as a member of the

Order of Kim Il-sung. In 1986, he became president of the Korean Central News Agency. In 1990, he was appointed as the chairman of the Qualification Review Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.[1]

In the inter-Korean relations, Kim Jong-rin participated in secret negotiations with Pyongyang, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency of South Korea in May 1972 as secretary of the South Korean Party. For diplomatic activities, he visited the Soviet Union and Poland as the delegation of the party in November 1987 and September 1988, respectively. As a key figure of the party, the activities recorded in the commentary group include the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Il-Sung's central memorial conference in July 2004, and the Pyongyang crowd conference for the task-penetration presented in the appeal of the Songun Revolutionary General Advancement Conference in February 2005, October 2005 Dang Chang-gun 60-stone Celebration Central Reporting Convention, May 2006 70th anniversary of the foundation of the National Liberation Party, April 2007 Chosun People's Army 75-stone Celebration Ceremony and October 2007 National Party Cell Secretary Convention Opening Ceremony.

On April 28, 2010, Kim Jung-rin died of myocardial infarction at the age of 86 and was awarded a state funeral.[1] His funeral committee was chaired by Jon Pyong-ho and included Kim Yong-il, Kim Yong-chun, Ri Yong-mu and 37 others.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "朝鮮勞動黨中央書記金仲麟去世" 《新華網》 2010 4 28
  2. ^ 김중린
  3. ^ "Kim Jung Rin Dies". North Korea Leadership Watch. 28 April 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
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