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    Jo Myong-rok (12 July 1928 – 6 November 2010) was a North Korean military officer who held the military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal). In 1998, he was appointed...
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    Defence Commission (NDC), largely filling the post left unoccupied by Jo Myong-rok's death and working as power broker for Kim Jong Un. Choe, considered...
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  • independence movement Cho Nam-chul (1923–2006), South Korean Go player Jo Myong-rok (1928–2010), North Korean politician Cho Ki-jung (1939–2007), South Korean...
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    Agency assessment was wrong. In October 2000, during Special Envoy Jo Myong Rok's visit to Washington, and after two visits to the site by teams of U...
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    부인 김옥 숙청…수용소로 보내져"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 26 July 2016. Kim Myong-song (27 July 2016). "Kim Jong-il's Widow Sent to Prison Camp". Chosun....
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  • 2009. A funeral committee chaired by Kim Yong-nam was appointed with Jo Myong-rok, Kim Yong-chun, and 33 others as its members. Hong Song-nam (March 1988)...
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    5 July 2012. , Parameters, U.S. Army War College Quarterly, 2003. Kim, Myong-choi (4 January 2007). "Kim Jong-il's military-first policy a silver bullet"...
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    from the UN bombings during the Korean War. From 1978 to 1995, General Jo Myong-rok was the commander of the air force. In October 1995, he was promoted...
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  • Leader Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il Preceded by Kim Jong Il Succeeded by Jo Myong-rok Vice Chairmen of the National Defence Commission In office 1972–1993...
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    Vice Marshal Jo Myong-rok meets Bill Clinton at the White House, October 2000...
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  • Vice Marshal Jo Myong-rok meets Bill Clinton at the White House, October 2000....
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  • 김광진 1927–1997 20 April 1992 Kim Ik-hyon 김익현 1916–2009 15 April 1994 Jo Myong-rok 조명록 1928–2010 8 October 1995 Promoted from Air Force Ri Ha-il 리하일 1935–2010...
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  • October 2005. A funeral committee chaired by Jo Myong-rok was appointed. Its members were: Jo Myong-rok Kim Yong-nam Pak Pong-ju Kim Yong-chun Kim Il-chol...
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  • Jong Il Ri Jong-ok Pak Song-chol Kim Yong-ju Kim Yong-nam Ri Ul-sol Jo Myong-rok Kim Yong-chun Kye Ung-thae Chon Pyong-ho Han Song-ryong Kim Chol-man...
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    class, and twice third class) Kim Ryong Rin (nine times first class) Jo Myong-rok (first class) Kim Jung-rin (first class) Kim Rak-hui (first class) Lee...
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  • committees including those for Marshal Choe Kwang in 1997 and Vice Marshal Jo Myong-rok in 2010. Ri was elected to membership on the Party Central Committee...
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  • for the deaths of Kim Il Sung, O Jin-u, Yon Hyong-muk, Pak Song-chol, Jo Myong-rok and Kim Jong Il. A picture of Pak shows Pak wearing the ribbons to all...
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  • Party of Korea, and elected Kim Jong Il, Kim Yong-nam, Choe Yong-rim, Jo Myong-rok, and Ri Yong-ho as members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo...
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  • organized the funerals of Choi Kwang in 1997, Yon Hyong-muk in 2005, Jo Myong-rok in 2010, and Kim Jong-il following his death in 2011. After leaving North...
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    Workers' Party of Korea. He was a member of the funeral committee of Jo Myong-rok. In 2011, he was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Jong-il. In...
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    Kim Jong Il (until 2011) Vacant (25 February 1995 – 5 September 1998) Jo Myong-rok 조명록 (1928–2010) Workers' Party of Korea 5 September 1998 6 November 2010...
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    the 1990s. In October 2000, he was ambassador-at-large accompanying Jo Myong-rok to negotiations in Washington. In the 2000s, he served as ambassador...
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    Jo Myong-rok (center right), Kim Jong-il's defence minister, with U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, 2000...
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  • Commemorative Medal "Military Parade", three times Korean People's Army Jo Myong-rok "Profiles of Presidium and Members of Political Bureau" Archived 26 September...
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    Kuk-ryol (twice: April 1982 and April 1992) Choe Yong-rim (April 1982) Jo Myong-rok (April 1982) Jon Pyong-ho (April 1982) Jong Chang-ryol (April 1982) Kang...
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    highest-ranking North Korean official to visit the US since 2000 (when Jo Myong-rok met with US President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C.). On June 1, Trump...
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    Gwon, first class Ri Jong-ok, first class Pak Song-chol, first class Jo Myong-rok, first class Kim Jong-il, first class (twice) Orders, decorations, and...
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  • Song-chol in October 2008, Kim Jong-rin in April and November 2010, and Jo Myong-rok he was member of their funeral committees. “통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보”. 통일부...
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  • has been member of the 12th convocation. At the time of the death of Jo Myong-rok in 2010 and death of Kim Jong-il in 2011, he was a member of the funeral...
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  • Central Committee. In 2010 he was member of the funeral commission of Jo Myong-rok. After Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011, Choe Kyong-song was in 73rd...
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