Kang Nung-su

Kang Nung-su
Native name	강능수 (姜能洙)
Born	February 21, 1930 Pyongyang
Died	July 21, 2015
Nationality	North Korea
Education	Kim Il-sung University, Korean Literature Dept.
Occupation	literary critic, politician, vice-premier, member of WPK Central Committee, delegate to 12th Supreme People’s Assembly

Kang Nung-su (February 21, 1930^[1] - July 21, 2015^[2]) was a North Korean literary critic and politician. He was a vice premier and member of the politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was a delegate to the 12th and 13th sessions of the Supreme People’s Assembly.^[3]

Career

Kang was born in 1930 in Pyongyang, in Korea under Japanese occupation. He graduated from the Korean literature department of Kim Il-sung University. In March 1973, he became head of the authors' delegation as deputy chair of the central committee of the Korean Writers’ Union, and visited the USSR. In February 1986, he became a vice-president of the Korea Literary Production Company, and in 1989 he became president of the April 15th Literature League and vice-chairman of the Reunification Literature Department of the Korean Writers' Union.

From September 1999 to September 2003, he served as Minister of Culture in the Cabinet of North Korea, and in August 2000 he became chair of the Korea Public Information Committee. In February 2004, he served as chair of the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee, and in March 2006 he served as deputy chair of the North Korean committee for implementation of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration.

In June 2006 he was again appointed Minister of Culture, and was retained in this position in April 2009 and through January 2010. In February 2010, he served as head of the Film Department of the WPK Central Committee, and as chair of the National Film Committee.^[4] In June 2010 he was appointed vice premier of the North Korean cabinet.^[1]

In September 2010, he was appointed a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Kang served as a member of the national mourning committees for Ri In Mo in 2007, Kim Jung-rin in 2010, and Kim Jong-il in 2011.

Delegate to Supreme People’s Assembly

In September 2003, Kang became a delegate to the 11th session of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), and he served until April 2008 as vice-chair of the SPA. In April 2009, he became a delegate to the 12th SPA.

Awards

In August 1997, he received the Order of Kim Il-sung.

Works

• 문학의 기초 (1966)^[5]
• 시대와 문학 (1991)

References

1. "Kang Nung Su Appointed as Vice-PM". KCNA. 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
2. 강능수 前 북한 내각부총리 사망. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
3. "Who's Who in North Korea". Korea Annual 2004. Seoul: Yonhap News Agency. p. 792. ISBN 8974330709.
4. "통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보". Ministry of Unification Information Center on North Korea. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
5. Kim Seong Su (김성수 / 金成洙). "북한의 문학평론가. 강능수". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2011-12-31.

External links

• Korea Institute for National Unification biographical information for key North Korean figures, 2010 (Korean)