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# Hyon Song Wol 현송월 

Member of the WPK Central Committee

alive 49 years old 

Hyon Song-wol is a North Korean singer, band leader, and politician. She is the leader of the Moranbong Band and of the Samjiyon Orchestra. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon%5FSong-wol)

Born

1977, Pyongyang

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Military rank

Colonel

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Hyon Song-wol

## Positions

1. 2017–now Member of the WPK Central Committee · Workers' Party of Korea [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon%5FSong-wol)
2. 2012–now Leader of the Moranbong Band / Samjiyon Orchestra · Propaganda and Agitation Department [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon%5FSong-wol)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/hyon-song-wol](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/hyon-song-wol) · [Wikidata Q3372295](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372295) · Photo: [Kim Jinseok (Official photographer of the Blue House, Republic of Korea), Blue House (the executive office of the Republic of Korea head of state, the President of the Republic of Korea) / Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North%5FKorea%27s%5FSamjiyon%5FOrchestra%5Fdirector%5FHyon%5FSong-wol.jpg) (KOGL Type 1)