According to an analysis published by the National Assembly Research Service (NARS), operating at the National Assembly of South Korea, in the regime of Kim Jong Una, the influence of the head of the North Korea Parliament, Choe Ryong Hae, is growing. His protected ones are, among others Chief of Staff Ri Yong Gil, Minister of National Defense NO KWANG Chol and director of the Political Office of the Kim Jong Una party – Kim su Gil.
“It seems that Kim Jong Un entrusted Choe Ryong Hae the role of a stabilizer to maintain the continuity of the regime in the face of external pressure” – you can read in the report cited by the Global Security portal.
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One of the most important allies Kim Jong Una
The political career of Choe Ryong Hae began in the 1970s, when he worked as a political instructor on behalf of the Korea Workers' Party at the University of Kim Ir Sen. Choe is one of the most trusted people of the regime, including due to the origin. His father fought with whom Ir Sen in an anti -Japanese partisan, and after the Korean war he became the Minister of National Defense.
However, in the 1990s he fell into disgrace of the regime. The portal dealing with North Korea, Nkleadershipwatch.org, reminds that in 1993 it was “because of the disease” dismissed from most of the positions held.
Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Jong Un – Pyongyang, April 15, 2012
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He went to the labor camp for trade in scrap metal
Party control showed that without official permission he sold scrap to foreign buyers. He was threatened with the death penalty. However, the sister of the then leader – Kim Jong Ila – asked him a less drastic punishment for him. However, Choe Ryong Hae went to the labor camp.
From 2006, the Korean gradually began to rebuild his position in the party. He received a general nomination, returned to the Central Committee, and also headed the party commission supervising the army. He was to be one of the key characters that facilitated Kim Jong Ung efficiently take over power after his father's death in December 2011.
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Kim Jong Un broke with his father's policy, referred to as “military first”. It consisted of priority treatment of the army in state matters. It was the army that had a decisive voice and influenced political and economic decisions. Kim Jong Un wanted to change this and give the party's managerial role, so he entered the alliance with Choe Ryong Hae.
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As the authors of the report point out, since in 2017 Choe became the director of the agency responsible for supervision over party discipline, the number of routine purges among the higher officials has dropped. Analysts give the example of the North Korean Prime Minister Kim Tok Huna, who was sharply criticized by Kim Jong Una as a “political novice” in 2023, and Pak Thae Song, who was responsible for the unsuccessful launch of the military reconnaissance satellite in May 2023. Both were only transferred to other positions.
