Choe Chun Sik (최춘식, born 12 October 1954) was the leader of the North Korean

Second Academy of Natural Sciences The Academy of National Defense Science (), formerly Second Academy of Natural Sciences (), is a North Korean organization involved in the North Korean missile program, including the Hwasong-14. It is based in Pyongyang, and currently headed by Col ...

. He received the title of Hero of the Republic in 2012 for his work on

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 () was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK, was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile test. The satellite was l ...

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