북한에 정변이 일어난다면 다음 세 사람 중 한 명이 주도한 것이다:

1.  최룡해.  2015년6월 현재.  노동당 비서

영문 자료: https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/leadership-biographies/choe-ryong-hae/

“Choe Ryong Hae (Choe Ryo’ng-hae) is Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] Secretary, a Member of the KWP Political Bureau Presidium (standing committee) and Chairman of the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission.  From 2012 to 2014 he served as the Director of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Political Department, the political boss of the North’s armed forces.  Choe is a member of the 2nd revolutionary generation and personally knew the late supreme leader Kim Jong Il for over 50 years.  As a princeling, Choe has numerous political and social relationships with numerous DPRK elite families.”  As of Jan. 2, 2015.

2.  황병서 . 2015년 6월 현재.  총정치국장

영문 자료:  https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/leadership-biographies/hwang-pyong-so-hwang-pyong-so/

“Hwang Pyong So (Hwang Pyo’ng-so’) is director of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Political Bureau [GPB]. As director he is responsible for the political management (personnel decisions, surveillance, patronage) of the DPRK’s conventional military forces as well as its political education and cultural activities.  Hwang is also a member of the Korean Workers’ Party [KWP] Central Military Commission, the KWP Political Bureau, a deputy to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly, a member of the Party Central Committee and holds the military rank Vice Marshal.  Hwang’s ties to Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) for nearly a decade.  After the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il (Kim Cho’ng-il) in December 2011,  Hwang emerged as a key close aide of Kim Jong Un’s (Kim Cho’ng-u’n).”  As of Jan. 2, 2015.

3.  윤정린.  2015년6월 현재.  호위사령관

영문 자료:  https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/leadership-biographies/yun-jong-rin/

“General Yun Jong Rin (Yun Cho’ng-rin) is commanding officer and director of the Guard Command, which is responsible for personal security of Kim Jong Un and core DPRK elites.  Yun directs and manages the most powerful and technologically advanced of all of the country’s security services or military branches.  He is a member of the Party Central Committee (CC KWP) and the Party Central Military Commission.” As of ??.