Name: Nam Un Hye

Date of Birth: 27th of September, 1990

Occupation: Vice president of BAK

Address: Pulgungori-dong No.1, Pothonggang district Pyongyang

Type of disability: Blind

Background: She was suffered from uveitis in age of 7 and became blind. Since 2016 she has been working at BAK.
At present she is working in the office of a vice president of BAK. She is carrying forward the compilation of Korean Braille book and the work to make and implement the project for forming the information network of Korean Braille. Since BAK admitted to the Ordinary member of WBU by March of 2020, she is working as a delegate of BAK.


Name: Kim Chol Ung
Date of Birth: 18th of March, 1976
Occupation: president of BAK
Home address: Minhung-dong   Moranbong district Pyongyang
Type of disability: blind
Background: he lost his sight by accident at age of 19. Since 2016 he has been working at BAK.

Name: Choe Kum Jong
Gender: female
Birthday: January 23, 1995
Occupation: teacher of occupational technical school of the disabled
Address: neighbourhood unit No. 40, Songyo-dong No. 3, Songyo District, Pyongyang
Disability type: amputation of forearms
Career: Choe lost her forearms when she was 16. She entered the occupational technical school of the disabled in 2016. After graduation in 2018, she is engrossed in making multimedia at school, rendering contribution to the computer technical education of the students with disabilities.
Name: So Kwang Nam
Gender: male
Birthday: February 11, 2003
Occupation: player of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled
Address: neighbourhood unit No. 46, Ryul-dong, Tongdaewon District, Pyongyang
Disability type: amputation of two-thirds of left lower leg
Career: After amputation of his left lower leg by a traffic accident at the age of two, So graduated Rungna primary and junior middle schools in Taedonggang District, Kaeson Senior Middle School in Moranbong District, and vocational training school for the disabled. In 2018 he became a ski and table tennis player of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled. Nimble-witted, quick in action and dogged spirit, he`ll make successes in international competitions of the disabled.
Name: Yun Kwang Song
Gender: male
Birthday: November 30, 2001
Address: Neighbourhood unit No. 17, Tongsan-dong, Rangnang District, Pyongyang
Occupation: player of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled
Type of disabilities: amputation of lower right leg
Career: graduation of Konguk Senior Middle School in August 2018, member of the extracurricular group of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled in autumn of 2019, player of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled in July 2020.
He strives to promote his technical level with set teeth and strenuous efforts.

Name: Ri Song Il
Birthday: November 18, 1991
Address: Kaeson-dong, Moranbong District, Pyongyang
Occupation: editor of deaf department of the Korean Economic and Cultural Centre for the Deaf and Blind
Type of disabilities: hearing impairment
Career: He enrolled in the Deaf Association of Korea in 2013 and has played an important role in making multimedia with sign language subtitles and editing the sign language books. Now he takes part in the effort to develop Korean sign language 2.0 program.

Name: Pak Un Ha
Birthday: July 1, 1997
Occupation: announcer of sign language cultural broadcasting of the Korean Economic and Cultural Centre for the Deaf and Blind
Type of disabilities: hearing impairment
Career: Pak enrolled in the Deaf Association of Korea in 2016 and took part in the efforts of making sign language dictionary and multimedia and is now working  as an announcer of sign language for the deaf.

Name: Ri Chol
Birthday: March 21, 1985
Occupation: head of sign language cultural broadcasting department of the Korean Economic and Cultural Centre for the Deaf and Blind
Type of disabilities: amputation of lower right leg
Career: Ri has worked as head of the sign-language interpreters association of Korea under the Korean Economic and Cultural Centre for the Deaf and Blind since 2012 and is engrossed in making multimedia, dictionary, books and handouts on the basis of sign language.

Name: Sim Sung Hyok
Gender: male
Birthday: May 5, 1996
Type of disabilities: amputation below the femoral regions of both legs
When he was 15, he lost his both legs in an accident. In 2013 he entered the vocational training school of the disabled. In 2015 he became a swimmer of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled. His international debut was made in 2014 when he won bronze medal in the Second Asian Paralympics. In 2018 he rendered a great contribution to taking second place in the team standings of the Third Asian Paralympics.
Name: Kim Hak Yong
Gender: Male
Birthday: October 12, 2002
Address: Unha-dong, Ryongsong District, Pyongyang
Occupation: Player of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled
Type of disabilities: Amputation of both forearms
Career: When he was 18, he was interested in table tennis and enlisted in the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled to receive special training. Now he is counted as a promising table tennis player.
Name: Kim Sung Il
Birthday: December 10, 1985
Type of disabilities: hearing impairment by an illness at the age of three
Born with gifted hands, Kim has worked in the Korean Art Association of the Disabled since 2017, cutting a conspicuous figure in making violins and handicraft.
His violins were awarded the technical prize and sci-tech prize in the 9th and 10th Pyongyang musical instruments exhibitions, and four articles of his handicraft were favourably commented upon by experts at the national sculpture and artefacts festival. Even now he strives for more successes in making musical instruments and handicraft.

Name: Kim Ri Ryong
Sex: Female
Date of birth: August 3, 2000
Job: Member of the art circle of the Korea Art Association of Persons with Disabilities
Type of disability: Hearing impairment
Kim demonstrated her outstanding aptitude for dancing when she was 17 years old. Later she joined the Korea Art Association of Persons with Disabilities and played important roles both in dance and magic performances prepared by persons with disabilities.
Name: Ro Kyong Son
Gender: Male
Date of birth: February 22, 2000
Occupation: Member of the art circle of the Korea Art Association of Persons with Disabilities    
Physical Impairment: Hearing impairment
Having an extraordinary aptitude for dancing, he learned dancing with burning enthusiasm, mastered high skills in a short span of time and made a debut.
Name: Kim Hak Yong

Sex: Male

Date of birth: October 12, 2002

Kim Hak Yong, who has no forearms, is now a member of the table tennis group of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled.

He is a promising player, as he shows fast instantaneous reaction to the ball and keen sense of mobility.
×