Kim Kye Gwan

Infobox Korean name
context=north
hangul=김계관
hanja=金桂冠
rr=Gim Gye-gwan
mr=Kim Kye-gwan

Kim Gye Gwan (b. July 6 1943 in North Pyongan) is a North Korean diplomat. His official position is Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is the leading figure in international talks over the country's nuclear weapons program, including the six-party talks in Beijing.

North Korea agreed 2007-02-13, with the help of Kim Kye Gwan, to disarm their Nuclear program. This includes shutting down its nuclear reactor and eventually dismantling its atomic weapons program, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing a nuclear bomb. Kim Kye Gwan is North Korea's leading spokesperson and head negotiator in matters concerning the North's nuclear ambitions, and will most likely enter the limelight for his role in facilitating North Koreas Nuclear Disarmament deal struck in February.

Kim met with Christopher Hill, the U.S. assistant secretary of state, when Hill visited Pyongyang in June 2007, afterwards announcing that North Korea would promptly shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facility.

ee also

*Politics of North Korea
*List of Korea-related topics

External links

* [http://nk.chosun.com/english/database/database.html?ACT=p_detail&id=13 NKChosun profile]
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070213/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=A0WTUd3grNFFa64Aih6s0NUE N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/22/asia/korea.1-80877.php North Korea to close nuclear facility 'promptly,' U.S. envoy says]

Persondata
NAME=Kim, Kye Gwan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Kim Gye-gwan, Kim Kye Kwan, 김계관, 金桂冠
SHORT DESCRIPTION=North Korean diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH=July 6 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH=North Pyongan
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=