# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/u-tong-chuk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:40:10.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/u-tong-chuk"
name: "U Tong-chuk"
slug: "u-tong-chuk"
description: "U Tong-chuk or Woo Dong-cheuk is a North Korean official. He was a politburo member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In addition, he was head of State Security Department from 2005 to 2012. After February 2012, he disappeared from public after attending celebrations for late leader Kim Jong-il's birthday."
tagline: "North Korean politician (1942-2012)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             14.16060677144421
  historical:           6.549245333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%B9%E4%B8%9C%E6%B5%8B"
    title: "禹东测"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "يو تونج تشوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Tong-chuk"
    title: "U Tong-chuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Tong-chuk"
    title: "U Tong-chuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%B9%E6%9D%B1%E6%B8%AC"
    title: "禹東測"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EB%8F%99%EC%B8%A1"
    title: "우동측"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Tong_Ch%E2%80%99%C5%ADk"
    title: "U Tong Ch’ŭk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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