North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

Jong Kyong Hui

Jong Kyong Hui (Chŏng Kyŏng-hŭi) was a senior member of the DPRK intelligence community and veteran intelligence operative with tours in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan. She was a member of the Central Committee Korean Workers’ Party (CC KWP) and during the 1980s was an alternate (candidate) member of its Political Bureau. According to DPRK state media, she died in 1996.

 

from KPA Journal Vol 2 No. 11

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