Order of Friendship (North Korea)

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Order of Friendship
Awarded by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
TypeState order
Established25 July 1985
CountryNorth Korea
EligibilityForeigners
CriteriaInternational friendship
File:Орден дружбы КНДР.png

Order of Friendship
Chosŏn'gŭl
친선훈장
Hancha
親善勳章
Revised RomanizationChinseon hunjang
McCune–ReischauerCh'insŏn hunjang

The Order of Friendship (Korean: 친선훈장) is a state order awarded by the government of North Korea. It is restricted only to non-nationals. The order has two classes.

The order was established on 25 July 1985.[1]

Recipients

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First Class

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Recipient Date Citizenship Ref
Timo Ravela 1986 Finland [2]
Sakari Knuuttila 1986 Finland [2]
Anna-Liisa Jokinen (fi) 1986 Finland [2]
Hifikepunye Pohamba 20 March 2008 Namibia [3]
Liu Xiaoming February 3, 2010 China [4]
Antonio Inoki September 2010 Japan [5]
German Hermin Ferras Alvarez November 18, 2015 Cuba [6]
Alexander Matsegora November 23, 2015 Russia [7]
Johnny Hon 2007 Hong Kong [citation needed]
Neil Jurgen Fitzgerald Australia [citation needed]
Jozef Servista August 7, 2017 Czech Republic [8]
Li Jinjun December 23, 2021 China [9]

Second Class

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Recipient Date Citizenship Ref
Ensio Laine 1986 Finland [2]
Matti Salminen 1986 Finland [2]
Masako Yamashita May 2, 1997 Japan [10]
Jan Langer 1988 Czechoslovakia [11]
Ellsworth Culver January 10, 2006 United States [12]
Norbert Vollertsen 1999 Germany [13]
Alejandro Cao de Benos Unknown Spain [14]
Nataša Weberová Czech Republic [11]
Tony Michell United Kingdom [15][16]
Pekka Leppänen (fi) September 5, 2015 Finland [17]
Neil Jurgen Fitzgerald Australia [citation needed]
Lukáš Vrobel April 14, 2019 Czech Republic [18]
Miguel Alba May 4, 1994 Mexico [19][20]
Mario Bogdanov 2024 Bulgaria [21]
Michael Prewett 2024 United Kingdom [21]

See also

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