The Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery is a national cemetery located in Sinmi-dong, Hyongjesan-guyok

Hyongjesan-guyok

Hyŏngjesan-guyŏk, or Hyŏngjesan District is one of the 19 guyŏk that constitute Pyongyang, North Korea....

, Pyongyang

Pyongyang

Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...

. Founded on September 17, 1986, it is officially reserved for people who contributed to the "liberation of the country" and "socialist construction. Buried here are many veterans of the Korean independence movement, army and national officials, and outstanding citizens in the fields of science, medicine, and literature.

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• Cho So-ang (조소앙/; April 30, 1887 - September 10, 1958), independence activist
• Cho Wan-gu (조완구/; 1881 ~ 1952), independence activist
• Choe Deok-sin
  Choe Deok-sin
  Choe Deok-sin was a South Korean Foreign Minister who later defected with his wife, Ryu Mi Yong, to North Korea....
  
   (최덕신/; September 17, 1914 - November 16, 1989), politician
• Choe Tong-oh (최동오; 1889 - September 16, 1963), independence activist
• Choi Seung-hee (최승희/; November 24, 1911 - August 8, 1969), dancer

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• Han Sol-ya (한설야/; August 3, 1900 - April 6, 1976), writer
• Hong Myong-hui
  Hong Myong-hui
  Hong Myong-hui was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and then a North Korean novelist.He was born in Dongbu-ri, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do where he took part in the 3.1 Movement in 1919. For a while in the 1920s, he served as an editor of the Donga Ilbo...
  
   (홍명희/; July 3, 1888 - March 5, 1968), writer

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• Kang Yang Wook
  Kang Yang Wook
  Kang Lyanguk was a North Korean Protestant Minister and Chairman of the Christian Federation during the 1950s.Kang Lyanguk was the maternal uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung. In his early years he was a school teacher...
  
   (강량욱/; December 7, 1903 - January 9, 1983), Presbyterian minister and politician
• Kim Kyu-sik
  Kim Kyu-sik
  Kim Kyu-Sik, also spelled Kimm Giusic and Kimm Kiusic, was a Korean politician and academic during the Korean independence movement and a leader of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea...
  
   (김규식/; January 29, 1881 - December 10, 1950), independence activist
• Kye Ung-sang (계응상/; December 27, 1893 - April 24, 1967), geneticist

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• Paek Nam-sun
  Paek Nam-sun
  Paek Nam-sun was the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 until his death. He was one of the few North Koreans to frequently be in the international spotlight.-Early years:...
  
   (백남순/; March 13, 1929 – January 2, 2007), Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Paek Nam-un (백남운/; February 11, 1894 - June 12, 1979), economist

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• Ri Ki-yong
  Ri Ki-Yong
  Ri Ki-Yong was a DPRK novelist.-Works:*Seohwa〈서화〉*Ingan suop〈인간수업〉*Kohyang 〈고향〉Home village 1934*Shin gaeji〈신개지〉「新開地」 Newly ploughed land serialised...
  
   (리기영/; May 29, 1895 – August 9, 1984), novelist
• Ri Kuk-ro (리극로/; 1893 - 1982), independence activist
• Ri Myon-sang (이면상/; April 8, 1908 - June 25, 1989), composer/conductor
• Ryu Dong-ryol (류동열/; March 1879 - October 18, 1950), independence activist

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• Yon Hyong-muk
  Yon Hyong-muk
  Yon Hyong-muk, also spelt as Yong Hyong-muk was a longserving politician in North Korea and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the Kim family. He was premier of North Korea from 1989 until 1992 .He was born in Kyongwon County and had a strong...
  
   (연형묵/; 3 November 1931 - October 22, 2005), politician
• Yun Ki-sop (윤기섭/; April 4, 1887 - February 27, 1959), independence activist