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North Korean chemist (1905–1996) For other people with the same name, see Lee Seung-gi. In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.
Ri Sung-gi
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl리승기
Hancha李升基
Revised RomanizationRi Seunggi
McCune–ReischauerRi Sŭnggi

Ri Sung-gi, also often spelled Lee Sung-ki, Lee Seung-gi or Yi Sung-gi (October 1, 1905 – February 8, 1996), was a North Korean chemist. He is best remembered as the inventor of Vinalon. He has also been accused of involvement in North Korea's chemical and nuclear weapons programs.

Ri was born in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, Korean Empire in 1905. He graduated from the local pot'ong hakkyo and received his degree in chemistry from Kyoto University in 1931. He developed Vinalon in 1939. In 1946, after Korean independence from Japanese occupation, he participated in the development of Gyeongseong University, but strongly opposed the university's official conversion to Seoul National University under the American military government. Following the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, he defected to the North.

Ri received the Lenin Prize in 1962, and was made head of the North Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute in June 1965. He became chief of the Hamhŭng branch of the Academy of Sciences in 1984.

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Notes

  1. ^ "이승기". Doopedia (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. According to Center for Nonproliferation Studies. "Country Overviews: North Korea". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2006-09-30., which cites a 1998 work by Lee Chae Sŭng. However, Naver asserts that he held that position from 1961 to 1986.

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