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Ra Jong-yil
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Ra Jong-yil
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Ra Jong-yil

Korean, 1940
Place ActiveSeoul, South Korea
Place ActiveCambridge, England
Ra Jong-yil is a former South Korean diplomat who served as Ambassador of Korea to the United Kingdom and former head of the Republic of Korea's national intelligence service. Ra has written books on the politics between North and South Korea as well as a children's book on Bibimbap. Ra is a professor at the University of Cambridge.