Hong Sung-mu, Date of Birth

    

Hong Sung-mu

North Korean nuclear weapons scientist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: politician, nuclear physicist

Nationality: North Korea

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Hong Sung-mu

  • Hong Sung-mu (Korean: ???, born 1 January 1942) is a North Korean nuclear weapons scientist and a Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) official working with North Korea's weapons of mass destruction and space programs.
  • He is the deputy director of the party's Machine Building Industry Department (MBID) and plays a key part in the country's nuclear weapons program. Hong rose to prominence after the 2011 death of Kim Jong-il and succession of Kim Jong-un, after which he has supervised various weapons tests, including the 2013 and January 2016 North Korean nuclear tests.
  • Hong's involvement in weapons development has landed him on international sanctions lists.

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