Ryo Won-gu

Ryo Won-gu was born in 1928 in Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan.

[1][2][6] For a period beginning in 1989, Ryo taught at Pyongyang's Kim Chaek University of Technology.

[1] In her work, she often followed in her sister Ryo Yong-gu's footsteps, succeeding her in her roles in both the Supreme People Assembly and the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea after Ryo Yong-gu's death in 1996.

[2][6][9] In 2000, she helped host South Korean President Kim Dae-jung during that year's inter-Korean summit.

[1][2] In 2005, Ryo was awarded the National Reunification Prize by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.