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Choe Deok-sin

South Korean defector (1914–1989)

최덕신

Malaysian Minister for Agriculture Malaya Khir Johari and the foreign minister of South Korea Choe Dok-sin sign the first ever trade agreement between those two countries in Seoul

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of KoreaIn office
October 11, 1961 – March 15, 1963PresidentPark Chung HeePreceded bySong Yo-chanSucceeded byKim Yong-shikVice-Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the FatherlandIn office
??–1989PresidentKim Il Sung Personal detailsBorn(1914-09-17)September 17, 1914
Uiju County, North Pyongan Province, Empire of JapanDiedNovember 14, 1989(1989-11-14) (aged 75)
Pyongyang, North KoreaSpouseRyu Mi-yong

Choe Deok-sin
Chosŏn'gŭl	최덕신
Hancha	崔德新
Revised Romanization	Choe Deok-sin
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Tŏksin

Choe Deok-sin (Korean: 최덕신; September 17, 1914 – November 14, 1989) was a South Korean Foreign Minister who later defected with his wife, Ryu Mi-yong, to North Korea.^[1]

Choe was born in Uiju County, North Pyongan Province. In 1936, he graduated from the Republic of China Military Academy, and served as a Republic of China Army officer.^[2] By the end of World War II, Choe had been promoted to colonel.^[2] After the war Choe returned to South Korea and entered the national army academy as a second lieutenant.^[2] In 1949, Choe entered the United States Military Academy.^[2] On July 14, 1950, Choe returned to South Korea.^[2] Choe served as a commanding general of the South Korean 11th Division under the United States IX Corps during the Korean War.^[2]^[3] His division carried out the Sancheong-Hamyang and Geochang massacres. After the military coup, from 1961 to 1963, Choe served as a Foreign Minister and Ambassador to West Germany.^[1]

In 1986, Choe relocated with his wife Ryu Mi-yong to North Korea from their exile in the United States, where they had been known for their opposition to the policies of the South Korean military government.^[4] Choe served as a chief of the central committee of the Chondogyo religious movement and vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.^[1]^[4] Choe's son, Choe In-guk, reportedly defected to North Korea in July 2019.^[5]^[6]

Bibliography

Choe Deok-sin (1972). Panmunjom and After. New York: Vantage Press. OCLC 754916.
— (1987). The Nation and I: For the Reunification of the Motherland. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 17933376.
— (1989). My Thirty Years in South Korea: Amid the Tragedy of National Division. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 21567991.
— (1990). In the Embrace of My Motherland. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 27117555.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Choi Duk Shin, 75, Ex-South Korean Envoy". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 19, 1989. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 최동오와 아들 최덕신 고단한 민족사 넘나들다 애국렬사릉에 나란히 묻히다. Minjog21 (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
^ 산청 시천면 양민학살, 어떤 사건인가? 아녀자, 어린이 대부분...알려진 산청 함양사건과는 별개 출처 : 산청 시천면 양민학살, 어떤 사건인가? - 오마이뉴스. Ohmynews (in Korean). May 16, 2000. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Article: Ryu Mi-yong -- Representitive [sic] of Chongdogyo in North Korean". Korea Times. HighBeam. August 16, 2000. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
^ Shim, Elizabeth (July 7, 2019). "South Korean man defects to North Korea, Pyongyang says". UPI. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Uriminzokkiri said Sunday Choe In-guk, the second son of former South Korean Foreign Minister Choe Tok-sin, arrived in North Korea on Saturday for "permanent residence."
^ "South Korean 'defects' to North Korea". BBC News. July 8, 2019.