Kang Tong-yun

Kang Tong-yun is a North Korean politician. He is a Colonel General of the Korean People's Army and a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). and was appointed commander of the 425th Mechanization Corps in October 1996. In January 2007, he became a deputy department head in the WPK central committee. In September 2010, he was made a full member of the central committee.

Delegate to Supreme People's Assembly In 1990, he was elected as a delegate to the 9th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), and in 1998 he was elected to the 10th SPA.

Awards In February 2000, he received the Order of the National Flag 1st Class, with a gold star medal, and the title Hero of the Republic.

Kang was a member of the national mourning committees for the deaths of Kim Il Sung in 1994, O Jin-u in 1995, Choe Kwang in 1997, and Kim Jong Il in 2011.