WRITER

Kim Hyon-hui

1962 - Today

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Kim Hyon-hui (Korean: 김현희, born 27 January 1962), also known as Okhwa, is a former North Korean agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987, which killed 115 people. She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing and extradited to South Korea. There she was sentenced to death but later pardoned shortly after being convicted and sentenced. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Hyon-hui has received more than 636,494 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kim Hyon-hui is the 3,241st most popular writer (up from 3,926th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from North Korea (down from 91st in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Writer.

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  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 3,241 out of 7,302. Before her are Giosafat Barbaro, Kálmán Mikszáth, Mickey Spillane, Monteiro Lobato, Simon of Kéza, and Paul Johnson. After her are Karl Philipp Moritz, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Frédéric Beigbeder, Francišak Bahuševič, Jules Vallès, and Hedwig Dohm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 136. Before her are Nick Kamen, Tran Anh Hung, Denis O'Hare, Victoria Ruffo, Ginger Lynn, and Clark Gregg. After her are Renato Portaluppi, Ollanta Humala, Baz Luhrmann, Dorian Yates, Tigran Sargsyan, and Natalya Lisovskaya.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 93 out of 162. Before her are Sansang of Goguryeo (200), Han Myeong-sook (1944), Akira Takarada (1934), Sindae of Goguryeo (89), Kim Jong-chul (1981), and Chadae of Goguryeo (71). After her are Pak Seung-zin (1941), Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224), Minjung of Goguryeo (10), Seocheon of Goguryeo (250), Yang Song-guk (1944), and Paek Nam-sun (1929).

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Among WRITERS In North Korea

Among writers born in North Korea, Kim Hyon-hui ranks 1. After her are Kim Sowol (1902), Kim Myeong-sun (1896), Kim Iryeop (1896), and Park Yeon-mi (1993).

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