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The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications () is a
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in North Korea which is responsible for the North Korean postal service, telephone system, and media such as
television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
and print press. Additionally, the ministry is responsible for
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s. In 2010, the ministry participated in a cyber-attack on
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using an IP address leased from China. The ministry is a member of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity. The current minister is
Kim Kwang-chol Kim Kwang-chol ( ko, 김광철) is a politician from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He has served as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the Cabinet of North Korea since 2015 and is a candidate for the Political ...
. He was preceded by Sim Chol-ho, who was appointed to the post in February 2012. Sim was reported executed in a February 2016 article.


Former ministers

* Kim Jong-ju: September 2, 1948 ~   ? * Pak Il-u: March 1953 - November 28, 1955 *Chang-Hum Kim: November 29, 1955 ~ September 19, 1957 *Jun jun Ko September 20, 1957 ~ April 24, 1958 Choi Hyun April 24, 1958 ~ October 22, 1962 *Park Young-soon October 23, 1962 ~ December 16, 1967 Park Young-soon December 16, 1967 ~ December 27, 1967 *Kim Young-chae December 15, 1977-1980 Kim Young-chae 1980 ~ April 4, 1982, April 5, 1982 ~ December 28, 1986, December 29, 1986 ~ *Changho Kim May 24, 1990 ~ *Blind hag Lee Geum-bum September 5, 2000 ~ 2002 *Lee Geum-beom 2002 ~ September 2, 2003, September 3, 2003 ~ July 2005 * Ryu Yong-sop (2005 英 燮) July 2005 ~ January 2009 * Sim Chol-ho: February 2012 ~ 2015 *
Kim Kwang-chol Kim Kwang-chol ( ko, 김광철) is a politician from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He has served as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the Cabinet of North Korea since 2015 and is a candidate for the Political ...
: 2015 ~ Present


See also

*
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 ...
* North Korean postal service *
Telecommunications in North Korea Telecommunications in North Korea refers to the communication services available in North Korea. North Korea has not fully adopted mainstream Internet technology due to its isolationist policies. Telephone North Korea has an adequate telephon ...


References

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