Choe Chun-sik

{{Short description|North Korean politician}} {{family name hatnote|Choe||lang=Korean}} '''Choe Chun Sik''' ({{Korean|hangul=최춘식}}, born 12 October 1954) was the leader of the North Korean Second Academy of Natural Sciences.<ref name="Sanctions List Search - Choe Chun Sik">{{cite web | url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=4962 | title=Sanctions List Search - Choe Chun Sik | publisher=US Treasury | accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref> He received the title of Hero of the Republic in 2012 for his work on Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/viewPeople.do?pageIndex=1&nkpmno=24341&nkPrsnKornm=&fromYear=&fromMonth=&toYear=&toMonth=&nkPrsnBirthGnacd=&nkPrsnSchulNm=&nkPrsnCareerCn=&nkOrgNm=|script-title=ko:최춘식|website=North korean info-Unification ministry}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/23/2012122300220.html|publisher=The Chosun Ilbo|title=北, '광명성3호' 유공자 101명에게 '공화국 영웅' 칭호 수여|date=2012-12-23}}</ref>

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