# Chon Chibu

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{{short description|North Korean nuclear physicist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{family name hatnote|Chon||lang=Korean}}
'''Chon Chibu'''(전치부) is a [North Korea](/source/North_Korea)n [nuclear physicist](/source/Nuclear_physics) who worked on the North Korean Civilian Nuclear Programme at the [Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center](/source/Yongbyon_Nuclear_Scientific_Research_Center). Chibu was photographed with Ibrahim Othman, the director general of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission, in [Syria](/source/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](/source/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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Category:North Korean nuclear physicists
Category:20th-century North Korean scientists
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