Ryu Mi-yong (14 February 1921 – 23 November 2016) was the chairwoman of the North Korean Chondoist Chongu Party. She was a standing committee member of the 10th Supreme People's Assembly. She was known as a defector from South Korea to the North.

Biography

Ryu was the only daughter born in Harbin to independence activist Ryu Dong-ryol. She married Choe Deok-sin in 1937 in China. She and her husband Choe Deok-sin defected to the North in 1986. In 2000, she led a delegation of defectors to the South on an officially sanctioned reunion with family they left behind. Ryu died of lung cancer in November 2016. Ryu's second son, Choe In-guk, reportedly defected to North Korea in July 2019. Ryu had received the Order of Kim Il Sung, Order of Kim Jong Il and National Reunification Prize. On her funeral committee were:

Awards and honors

A frame displaying Ryu's decorations was placed at the foot of her bier during her funeral.