Kim Jung-hyop ( ko, 김중협, born 1938) is a North Korean politician. He is a member of the

Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ( ko, 조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the ...

, head of the Party's Office of Documents and served as a member of the 13th convocation 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 ...

and director of the Documents Management Office of the Central Committee.

Biography

Born in South Korea in 1938, in December 1992, he was nominated for the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and was appointed chief of the ''

Rodong Sinmun ''Rodong Sinmun'' (; ) is a North Korean newspaper that serves as the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. It was first published on November 1, 1945, as ''Chŏngro'' (), serving as a communication channel ...

'' newspaper in 2003 as the successor to Chil Nam (최칠남). In 2010, he was dismissed from the head of the ''Rodong Sinmun'', and in September, he was also dismissed from the Party Central Committee candidate. In May 2016, at the

7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea, was held on 6–9 May 2016. Background The 7th Congress was the first Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea held since the 6th Congress in 1980. In ...

, he was elected a full (voting) member of the

7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea The 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was elected by the 7th Congress on 9 May 2016, and remained in session until the election of the 8th Central Committee on 10 January 2021. In between party congresses and specially conven ...

and head of the Office of Documents and Management.First plenary session of 7th WPK Central Committee held
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