Mr. Kang-Il Hu is Chairman of the North Korea Democratization Committee. Mr. Hu is from Ssangam-dong, Kimchaek City, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. He served in the 9th Division’s civil defense unit and later worked at a shipyard and at a North Korean forestry mission in Russia. After arriving in South Korea, he worked for Korea Electric Power Corporation. In June 2015, he began serving as Chief Director of the North Korea Democratization Committee, an organization founded by the late Hwang Jang-yop. Since 2016, he has led the organization as Chairman, continuing his work in North Korean human rights advocacy and in defending the rights of North Korean defectors.