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Kim Hyon-hui

1962 - Today

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Kim Hyon-hui (Korean: 김현희, born 27 January 1962), also known as Okhwa, is a former North Korean agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987, which killed 115 people. She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing and extradited to South Korea. There she was sentenced to death but later pardoned shortly after being convicted and sentenced. After leaving North Korea, Kim has publicly expressed regret about the bombing and she has provided information about the state of affairs in North Korea as well as the possible state of abductees. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Hyon-hui is the 3,239th most popular writer (up from 3,240th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 3,239 out of 7,302. Before her are Jorge Bucay, Juana de Ibarbourou, Remmius Palaemon, Abolqasem Lahouti, Émile Faguet, and Ernst Wiechert. After her are Pedro Salinas, Joan Maragall, E. E. Smith, Jien, Abu-l-'Atahiya, and Henning Jakob Henrik Lund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 131. Before her are Lori Lightfoot, Jaya Prada, Tigran Sargsyan, Federico Franco, John Stockton, and Sergio Batista. After her are Mary Ellen Weber, Clark Gregg, Markus Merk, Hillel Slovak, Tsutomu Miyazaki, and Michel Qissi.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 100 out of 162. Before her are Shin Sang-ok (1926), Minjung of Goguryeo (10), Yang Kyoungjong (1920), Cho Man-sik (1883), Kim Jong-hun (1956), and Kwon Ki-ok (1901). After her are Hong Song-nam (1929), Paek Nam-sun (1929), Francis Hong Yong-ho (1906), Lee Hoi-chang (1935), Yang Song-guk (1944), and Akira Takarada (1934).

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Among WRITERS In North Korea

Among writers born in North Korea, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 1. After her are Kim Sowol (1902), Kim Iryeop (1896), Kim Myeong-sun (1896), and Park Yeon-mi (1993).

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