Ri Chun-hee
Ri Chun-hee (an aa romanised as Ri Chun Hee an Ri Chun Hui;[1] born 8 Julie 1943) is a retired news anchorwumman for North Korean broadcaster Korean Central Television (KCTV). She is most notable for her characteristic emotional and sometimes vitriolic tone, describit as "passionate", "vaguely menacin", an "aggressive".[2] Ri made the offeecial announcements o the daiths o Kim Il-sung in 1994 an Kim Jong-il in 2011.[3] In a news report bi CCTV News on 24 Januar 2012, Ri annoonced her retirement as chief newsreader at KCTV.[4] She haes periodically reappeared on telly in the years syne, teepically tae mak an annooncement regairdin the kintra's militaristic development.[5]
Ri Chun-hee | |
|---|---|
리춘히 | |
| Native name | 리춘히 |
| Born | 8 Julie 1943 Tongchon, Gangwon, Japanese Korea |
| Residence | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korea |
| Alma mater | Pyongyang Varsity o Theatre an Film |
| Years active | 1971–2012 |
| Employer | KCTV |
| Kent for | Umwhile heid reporter for KCTV |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 리춘히 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanisation | I Chunhi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Ch'unhi |
References
eedit- ↑ Makino, Yoshihiro (16 December 2011). "North Korea's 'People's broadcaster' missing". Asia & Japan Watch. Asahi Shimbun. Archived frae the original on 8 Mey 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2016. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ Madden, Michael (2010). Bermudez, Joseph S., Jr. (ed.). "Ri Chun Hui" (PDF). KPA Journal. 1 (10): 4–5. Archived (PDF) frae the original on 12 Januar 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2016. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ Harris, Elizabeth A.; Mackey, Robert (19 December 2011). "The Lede: On North Korean State Television, News of the Leader's Death and Floods of Tears". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived frae the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ Report on CCTV English on YouTube annooncin Ri's retirement
- ↑ "The only woman North Korea trusts to deliver its most important propaganda: Ri Chun-hee – the news anchor Kim Jong-un wheels out when he wants to impress the world". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 7 Januar 2016.