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Jon Il Chun 전일춘
alive85 years old
Longtime Director of Office 39 and childhood classmate of Kim Jong Il, who managed the regime's illicit overseas banking network, gold exports, and hard currency procurement for decades. His son-in-law, Ryu Hyun-woo (acting ambassador to Kuwait), defected to South Korea in 2019.
Machine-readable: /api/people/jon-il-chun · Wikidata Q57073318 · Photo: KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal (Fair use)