Han Song-ryol (, born 17 June 1954) is a Former Vice Foreign Minister at North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, he served as the deputy chief of North Korea's mission to the United Nations from 2002 to 2006. In this role, he traveled to New Mexico to meet with then-Gov. Bill Richardson, a former diplomat and frequent American interlocutor in negotiations with North Korea and other adversarial regimes.
In February 2015, he was appointed as director-general of the U.S. affairs department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry.
Lost theory
In South Korea, there are reports that Han Seong-yeol was punished for being a revolutionary along with five other executives at the director-level level, and that he is currently undergoing ideological training at the Gundeok Mine in South Hamgyong Province . In addition, his name has been removed from the 2019 edition of the North Korean Directory published by the South Korean Ministry of Unification. It is speculated that the reason for his downfall was that he was criticized for the proposal for a US-North Korea summit that he submitted to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and that he was involved in the Jang Seong-taek incident that was purged in 2013.。
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people) 1954 births North Korean diplomats Foreign ministers of North Korea Workers' Party of Korea politicians