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

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such as

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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

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. The current minister is Kim Kwang-chol. He was preceded by

Sim Chol-ho Sim Chol-ho ( Korean: 심철호; 5 July 1960 – October 2014) was a North Korean engineer and politician. He was a member of the Supreme People's Assembly and served as the Minister of Post and Telecommunications beginning in 2012. He has not ...

, who was appointed to the post in February 2012. Sim was reported executed in a February 2016 article.

Former ministers

Kim Jong-ju Kim Jong-ju ( ko, 김정주, 金廷柱; born April 16, 1903) was a North Korean communist and activist in the Korean independence movement. Following the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea he became the first Minister o ...

: September 2, 1948 ~ ? *

Pak Il-u Pak Il-u ( ko, 박일우, 1903–1955) was a Korean independence activist and a politician. Following the formal establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, he was the first Minister of Interior in the North Korean Cabinet. B ...

: 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 *

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(2005 英燮) July 2005 ~ January 2009 *

: February 2012 ~ 2015 * Kim Kwang-chol: 2015 ~ Present

References

{{portal bar, North Korea, Telecommunications Cabinet of North Korea

Former ministers

See also

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