About Chon Hye-yong
Born 1972. Chon Hye-yong is a North Korean singer.
Chŏn Hye Yŏng (; born August 10, 1972, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean singer of the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble.
Biography Chŏn Hye Yŏng was born on August 10, 1972, in Pyongyang, North Korea to a father who worked as a coal miner and a mother who was a middle school teacher.
In 1983, Chŏn performed in Japan as a part of the P'yŏngyang Students and Children's Art Troupe and received the Kim Il Sung Youth Honor Award . She joined the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble in 1988 and was awarded the title of Merited Artist in 1991 and People's Artist in 1992.
Since 2011, Chŏn has been working as a vocal instructor at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace .
Selected discography Whistle Thinking of the General
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