No Kwang-chol (

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Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 努光鐵; born 1956) is a

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n soldier, a four-star general, and a member of the political bureau.

Biography

He was elected as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly following the 2003 election and 2009 election. In the September 2010 Representative Conference, he was elected as an alternate (candidate) 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 ...

. In December 2011, Kim Jong Il died and he was included as one of the members of his funeral committee. In June 2018, he was promoted from first vice minister to

Minister of People's Armed Forces The Ministry of Defence (, formerly 인민무력성/人民武力省 or Ministry of the People's Armed Forces) is the government agency tasked with general administrative and logistical coordination of the Korean People's Army (KPA). Prior to 1992, ...

. In December 2019 he was replaced by

Kim Jong-gwan Kim Jong-gwan ( ko, 김정관/金正官) is a North Korean politician and military officer who is the Minister of People's Armed Forces since December 2019 to September 2021. Biography Kim is a General of the Korean People's Army and previousl ...

. Between April 2019 to April 2020 he served as a member of the

State Affairs Commission The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is defined by the 2016 constitution as "the supreme policy-oriented leadership body of State power." The current president of the SAC, which is defined by the same ...

. On June 12, 2018, Trump and Kim Jong Un were meeting in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. At the meeting, Trump wanted to shake hands with No, who was accompanying Kim Jong-un in the meeting, but No did not shake hands but saluted Trump. After Trump hesitated, he saluted him and the two shook hands. Because the United States and North Korea are technically still at war, Trump’s salute has triggered controversy and criticism of Trump in the United States.

Awards and honors

A picture of No shows him wearing the ribbons to all decorations awarded to him.

References

1956 births Living people North Korean generals People from Nampo Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea {{NorthKorea-politician-stub