Kang Bong-hun () was a politician of North Korea. He was a member of the Party Central Committee and Chagang Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary from April 2019 until July 2024.
Biography In May 2016, during the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea."北, 당 중앙위원 128명, 후보위원 106명 발표". 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 10일. 2018년 9월 17일에 확인함. In April 2019, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea as well as Chagang Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary, replacing Kim Jae-ryong, "(수정) 北, 당 정치국 위원·후보위원 등 보선...명단 발표". 《통일뉴스》. 2019년 4월 11일. 2019년 4월 11일에 확인함 who was appointed to the Premier of North Korea.
However, he was dismissed late July by Kim Jong-un after he, amongst 20-30 other North Korean party officials, failed to prevent the July 27 Yalu River flood, which had trapped 7,000 residents. It is reported by a South Korean news outlet that Kim Jong-un then executed the officials in a short amount of time, Kang Bong-hun reportedly being one of them.北韓淹水重災 金正恩震怒「一次槍決30人」
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