14 Facts About Choe Hwi

Choe Hwi is a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and the chairman of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission.

Choe Hwi is an alternate member of the Politburo of the WPK, member of the Central Committee of the WPK, and a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly.

Choe Hwi was a relatively low-profile politician working in the cultural field and the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League until about 2013 or 2014.

Choe Hwi was educated at the Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and Kim Il-sung University Department of Philosophy.

Choe Hwi received his first significant political post in 1985 as a manager of the Sea of Blood Opera Troupe.

In January 1996, Choe Hwi became a secretary on the central committee of the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League and was tasked with extracurricular education.

Choe Hwi returned to his old post as the head of the Pyongyang Art Troupe in 2000.

Choe Hwi was involved in setting up the Unhasu Orchestra and the Moranbong Band.

In December 2015, Choe Hwi was the leader of the Merited State Choir and the Moranbong Band on a tour to China when the planned concerts were abruptly called off.

Until around 2013 and 2014, Choe Hwi was a relatively routine member of Kim Jong-un's on-the-spot guidance tours.

Choe Hwi was elected to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly in the March 2014 election from Constituency 171.

Choe Hwi became a member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK at the party's 7th Congress in May 2016.

Choe Hwi belonged to the delegation that traveled to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics to meet President Moon Jae-in.

Choe Hwi was the only person from the 23-strong North Korean delegation who was under Security Council sanctions.