Kang Nung-su (; February 21, 1930 – July 21, 2015) was a North Korean literary critic and politician. He was a vice premier and member of the politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was a delegate to the 12th and 13th sessions of the

Supreme People’s Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year t ...

Career

Kang was born in 1930 in Pyongyang, in

Korea under Japanese occupation Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business off ...

. He graduated from the Korean literature department of Kim Il-sung University. In March 1973, he became head of the authors' delegation as deputy chair of the central committee of the

Korean Writers' Union Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl ** Korean dialects and the Jeju language ...

, and visited the USSR. In February 1986, he became a vice-president of the Korea Literary Production Company, and in 1989 he became president of the April 15th Literature League and vice-chairman of the Reunification Literature Department of the Korean Writers' Union. From September 1999 to September 2003, he served as Minister of Culture in the

Cabinet of North Korea The Cabinet of North Korea (''Naegak'') is, according to the Constitution of North Korea, the administrative and executive body and a general state-management organ in the Government of North Korea. The Cabinet's principal newspaper is ''Minju C ...

, and in August 2000 he became chair of the Korea Public Information Committee. In February 2004, he served as chair of the Kimilsungia- Kimjongilia Committee, and in March 2006, he served as deputy chair of the North Korean committee for implementation of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration. In June 2006, he was again appointed Minister of Culture, and was retained in this position in April 2009 and through January 2010. In February 2010, he served as head of the Film Department of the WPK Central Committee, and as chair of the National Film Committee. In June 2010 he was appointed vice premier of the North Korean cabinet. In September 2010, he was appointed a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. Kang served as a member of the national mourning committees for Ri In Mo in 2007, Kim Jung-rin in 2010, and

Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...

in 2011.

Delegate to Supreme People’s Assembly

In September 2003, Kang became a delegate to the 11th session of the

(SPA), and he served until April 2008 as vice-chair of the SPA. In April 2009, he became a delegate to the 12th SPA.

Awards

In August 1997, he received the Order of Kim Il-sung.

Works

* 문학의 기초 (1966) * 시대와 문학 (1991)

References

External links

Korea Institute for National Unification biographical information for key North Korean figures, 2010
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