Claim: The State Affairs Commission of North Korea has Hwang Pyong-so of the Workers' Party of Korea as chairman since 29 June 2016.
Evidence: He was a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea and the top-ranking vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission. 2 Choe Ryong-hae in his last military capacity as first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, retaining the position as the NDC was transformed into the State Affairs Commission on 29 June 2016.