# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kang-yong-sop
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:23:27.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kang-yong-sop"
name: "Kang Yŏng-sŏp"
slug: "kang-yong-sop"
description: "Kang Yong Sop was a North Korean politician, second son of deputy prime minister Kang Ryang-uk and Song Sok-jong. He served as chair of the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) and vice-president of the Korean Council of Religionists. He was also vice-president of the North Korean branch of the Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification (PKAR), delegate to 12th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) and member of the SPA Presidium, and director of the Pyongyang Theological Academy."
tagline: "North Korean politician (1931–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Kang_Yong-sop.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-10-15"
deathDate: "2012-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.79
  momentum:             2.878787878787879
  historical:           5.872786666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Yong-sop"
    title: "Kang Yong-sop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Yong-sop"
    title: "Kang Yong-sop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Yong-sop"
    title: "Kang Yong-sop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Jong_Sop"
    title: "Kang Jong Sop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B7%E6%B0%B8%E7%87%AE"
    title: "康永燮"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%95%EC%98%81%EC%84%AD"
    title: "강영섭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump