Ri Hong-sop and Hong Sung-mu: the two scientists who run North Korea's nuclear program and are treated as heroes by Kim Jung-a
Share this update on Facebook Share this update on Twitter Share this update on Messenger Share this update on Email Share. Ri Hong-sop (2nd left) and Hong Sung-mu, and (der). Ri Hong-sop (second from left) is head of the Nuclear Weapons Institute and Hong Sung-mu (right) is deputy director of the Department of Ammunition Industry of the Workers' Party. When North Korea announced in September that it had "successfully completed" its sixth nuclear test with "a hydrogen bomb", experts agreed that this was the largest and most powerful nuclear test in the country. There seems to be little doubt now that Pyongyang has succeeded in developing a nuclear weapon. As Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said in September: "Despite our efforts over the past 24 years, North Korea's nuclear program is more advanced and more dangerous than ever." 6 keys to understanding the unprecedented statement by the North Korean leader and his threat to launch a h...