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Chasu
''Ch'asu'' () is a superior military rank of North Korea, often translated as Vice Marshal. The rank is senior to that of ''Daejang'' (General) and junior to that of ''Wonsu'' (Marshal). The rank is seldom bestowed upon the professional military, and appears to be rather a combined political-military position. The insignia for a ''chasu'' is superimposing a North Korean national crest upon a marshal's insignia star in the shoulder epaulette. Formerly, insignia for such rank holders was the emblem of North Korea The National Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is one of the national symbols of North Korea. Prominent features on the emblem are a red star, a hydroelectric plant (the Sup'ung Dam) and Mount Paektu. The design bears simi ... until the present insignia was released in 1985. The rank is often transliterated as ''ch'asu'', showing the difference with the Korean word for embroidery, usually transliterated as ''chasu'' ( 자수).Korea newsreview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ryong-yon
Kim Ryong-yon (; 1916 – 20 March 2008) was a North Korean politician and military officer who held the rank of Chasu, Vice Marshal. Biography Kim served with the People's Liberation Army, Chinese Communist Army in 1930s and 1940s. Cha-soo Kim served as a liaison to the Kim Il Sung Korean independence movement, anti-Japanese guerrilla group, and after the Day of the Foundation of the Republic, formal establishment of the North Korean state he served in various positions in the Korean People's Army. In 1968 he was promoted to lieutenant general, in 1986 to 3 star general, in 1990 to Army General and in 1998 to Chasu, Vice Marshal. He also served as a delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly from the 1967 North Korean parliamentary election, 4th convocation in 1967, through the 1972 North Korean parliamentary election, 5th, 1977 North Korean parliamentary election, 6th, 1982 North Korean parliamentary election, 7th, 1986 North Korean parliamentary election, 8th, 1990 North Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choe In-dok
Choe In-dok (; 1920 – August 31, 2003) was a North Korean politician, a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and an officer in the Korean People's Army. He held the rank of Vice Marshal. Biography He was born in 1920 in Anju, Kankyōhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan. During the Japanese rule of Korea he was a member of the partisan resistance group, messenger of Kim Il Sung and a company commander. In June 1946 he was among the founders of the Railway Guard. and later he served as an Infantry Independent Brigade Artillery commander. In 1950, with the onset of the Korean War, he served as commander of the 5th Regiment. In November 1967 he was elected to the 4th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. In October 1970 he was appointed to lieutenant-general and received the title Hero of the Republic. In November 1970 he became a member of the Central Committee. In September 1972 he was appointed to a district Commander. In December 1972 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Pong-ryul
Kim Pong-ryul (; 1918 – July 1995) was a North Korean general of the Korean People's Army who served as vice Minister of the People's Armed Forces as well as member of the Workers' Party of Korea, North Korea's ruling communist party. He held the rank of Vice Marshal. Biography Kim Pong-ryul participated in the war against Germany as a special armament of the former Soviet artillery during the Korean War, and returned to North Korea at the end of war in 1953. In December 1972 he was appointed Vice-Chief of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. In December 1986 he became a member of the Central Committee of the party and in March 1995, a member of the Central Military Commission, a member of the National Defence Commission since May 1990. He was also a member of the Supreme People's Assembly for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight. Eighth may refer to: * One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole * Eighth note (quaver) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kwang-jin (politician)
Kim Kwang-jin (; May 12, 1927 – February 27, 1997) was a North Korean general and politician. He held the rank of Vice Marshal. Biography Kim Kwang-jin was born on May 12, 1927, in Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō (South Pyongan Province), Korea, Empire of Japan. Before liberation, he was a worker. Kim graduated from the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Kim served as an artillery commander during the Korean War, and participated in military education at Kim Il Sung Military University from September 1954. During the war, he became an artillery commander holding the rank of Major. Kim was a part of the North Korean forces entering Seoul and advancing to the Nakdong River. After being appointed as an artillery commander and corps commander in the position of lieutenant general in 1969, Kim was the commander of the artillery corps for more than 10 years until being appointed to the position of military vice-chairman of the General Staff Department in October 1980. He was also elected as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Myong-rok
Jo Myong-rok ( 12 July 1928 – 6 November 2010) was a North Korean military officer who held the military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal). In 1998, he was appointed first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, Director of the Korean People's Army General Political Bureau. Previously, he was the commander of the air defence forces. Life and career Jo was born in Yonsa County, North Hamgyong province, on 12 July 1928 and he joined the Korean People's Army in December 1950."Profiles of Presidium and Members of Political Bureau" , KCNA, 29 September 2010. He was a graduate of the Manchuria Aviation School and Soviet Air Academy. After serving as a pilot in the |
Paek Hak-rim
Paek Hak-rim (October 1918 – October 5, 2006) was the Deputy Director of the North Korean Ministry of Public Security. He occupied a number of high-ranking positions, including serving from 1998 to 2003 on the National Defense Commission. He was also the Minister of People's Security from 1998 to 2003. Biography Paek was born in South Pyongan Province, and served in the guerrilla armies of the Korean independence movement before 1945. He also served in the North Korean army after independence, reaching the rank of Major General in 1958 and Lieutenant General in 1962. In 1962, he was appointed Director of the Political Security Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and promoted to lieutenant general. In March 1970, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Security. In November 1970, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and in August 1978, he was appointed deputy Minister of the People's Armed Forces. In 1992 he was promoted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Ha-il
Ri Ha-il (1935–2010) was a general and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army. Biography Born in Ryanggang Province in 1935 during the Japanese colonial period, he graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy and Soviet Military College. Since then, he served as the Director of the Operations Department of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, and was appointed Commander of the 525th Unit of the People's Army of Korea in 1975. In 1977, he passed the commander of the 534th Training Center and became the 8th General Commander of the People's Army in 1979. In March 1982, he served as the military commander of the Party and a member of the 6th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, and was elected to the National Defense Commission in May 1990. After being re-elected to the Central Military Commission in January 1992, he was promoted to the leader of the People's Army after receiving the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ik-hyon
Kim Ik-hyon (, 1916 - 15 January 2009) was a North Korean politician and military officer. He was member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was elected to the 2003 North Korean parliamentary election, 11th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly in 2003. Biography Born in 1916 in Hwanghae Province (now North Hwanghae Province), Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Empire of Japan. After that, he joined the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and conducted anti-Japanese activities until 1945 in a unit led by Kim Il Sung. When the Japanese rule ended, in November 1945 he became chairman of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League, Korean Communist Youth Alliance. After that, he graduated from Kim Il-sung Higher Party School, and in 1951 he became the first regimental leader of the 2nd Division of the Korean People's Army and entered the Korean War. In 1968, he was elected a member of the 4th Central Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
崔庸健 최용건
Choe Yong-gon (; 21 June 1900 – 19 September 1976) was a North Korean military officer and politician. He served as the Chief Commander of the Korean People's Army from 1948 to 1950, and as defence minister from 1948 to 1957. He also served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea from 1957 to 1972. Early life and education Choe was born in Taechon County, North Pyongan, Korean Empire in 1900. He was educated at two military academies. Career 200px, left, Choe Yong-gon, Type 49 submachine guns from President Kim Il Sung">Kim Il (politician)">Kim Il, and Kang Kon receiving the first domestically produced PPSh-41">Type 49 submachine guns from President Kim Il Sung, 1949. image:1963-08 1963年 崔庸健与刘少奇.jpg, 200px, left, Choe Yong-gon with the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Liu Shaoqi during his official visit to Beijing, 5 June 1963. Choe's first military deployment was to fight the Chinese Northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Tu-ik
Ri Tu-ik (; born 1921 in Jilin, China - died March 13, 2002, in Pyongyang) was a North Korean politician of the Workers' Party of Korea and Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army, who was a member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea. Biography Ri Tu-ik joined Kim Il Sung's partisan struggle in the late 1930s and was part of his security escort. After training in guerrilla warfare in northeast China, as a member of the 88th Special Reconnaissance Brigade () of the Red Army, he led reconnaissance missions against the Japanese occupation forces in Jilin and North Hamgyong Province. In 1945 he was first platoon leader and then in 1948 company commander in the security escort of Kim Il Sung. During the Korean War, known in North Korea as "Victorious Liberation of the Fatherland", Ri was commander of a battalion in 1951 and then completed military training between 1954 and 1958 in the areas of joint warfare and special operations in the Soviet Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Jae-son
Jon Jae-son (; born 1940) is an army general and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army. Biography Born in 1940 during the Japanese colonial rule, he graduated from Kim Il Sung Military University. In August 1981, he served as Deputy Chief of General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army, and was promoted to the commander V Corps in 1985.전재선(全載善) 북한지역정보넷 In February 1986, at the 11th plenum meeting of the , he was elected as a candidate memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
