{{short description|North Korean nuclear physicist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Chon||lang=Korean}} '''Chon Chibu'''(전치부) is a North Korean nuclear physicist who worked on the North Korean Civilian Nuclear Programme at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center. Chibu was photographed with Ibrahim Othman, the director general of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission, in Syria in 2007. Documents found on Othman's laptop, including a photo of him with Chon, led to the strike at the al-Khibar nuclear reactor by the Israeli military (codenamed Operation Orchard) on 6 September 2007.
==External links== Chon Chibu is featured in the following articles: *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080829110509/http://www.japanfocus.org/products/topdf/2745 Japan Focus Journal] *[https://www.ft.com/content/fe65ca72-1209-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac Financial Times] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515143425/http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2008/April/20080425142432dmslahrellek0.9860041.html US Government] *[http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11293979 Photo of Chibu in the Economist] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080613172615/http://italy.usembassy.gov/viewer/article.asp?article=%2Ffile2008_04%2Falia%2Fa8042501.htm Italian US Embassy article] *[http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080426/EDITORIAL/645886593/1001 Washington Times]
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