Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (North Korea)

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is a government ministry in North Korea which is responsible for the North Korean postal service, telephone system, and media such as television and print press. Additionally, the ministry is responsible for mint stamps. In 2010, the ministry participated in a cyber-attack on South Korea using an IP address leased from China. The ministry is a member of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity.

The current minister is Kim Kwang-chol. He was preceded by Sim Chol-ho, who was appointed to the post in February 2012. Sim was reported executed in a February 2016 article.

Former ministers

 * Kim Jong-ju: September 2, 1948 ~   ?
 * Pak Il-u: March 1953 - November 28, 1955
 * Chang-Hum Kim: November 29, 1955 ~ September 19, 1957
 * Jun jun Ko September 20, 1957 ~ April 24, 1958 Choi Hyun April 24, 1958 ~ October 22, 1962
 * Park Young-soon October 23, 1962 ~ December 16, 1967 Park Young-soon December 16, 1967 ~ December 27, 1967
 * Kim Young-chae December 15, 1977 – 1980 Kim Young-chae 1980 ~ April 4, 1982, April 5, 1982 ~ December 28, 1986, December 29, 1986 ~
 * Changho Kim May 24, 1990 ~
 * Blind hag Lee Geum-bum September 5, 2000 ~ 2002
 * Lee Geum-beom 2002 ~ September 2, 2003, September 3, 2003 ~ July 2005
 * Ryu Yong-sop (2005 英 燮) July 2005 ~ January 2009
 * Sim Chol-ho: February 2012 ~ 2015
 * Kim Kwang-chol: 2015 ~ Present