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Pak Hon-yong | |
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박헌영 | |
 Pak in 1948 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee | |
| 2nd Central Committee | |
| In office 24 June 1949 – 6 August 1953 Serving with Ho Ka-i | |
| Chairman | Kim Il Sung |
| Vice Premier of the Cabinet | |
| 1st Cabinet of North Korea | |
| In office 9 September 1948 – 3 March 1953 | |
| Premier | Kim Il Sung |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1st Cabinet of North Korea | |
| In office 9 September 1948 – 3 March 1953 | |
| Premier | Kim Il Sung |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Nam Il |
| Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of South Korea Central Committee | |
| In office 24 November 1946 – 30 June 1949 Serving with Yi Ki-sok | |
| Chairman | Ho Hon |
| Chairman of the Communist Party of Korea Central Committee | |
| In office 14 September 1945 – 24 November 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Ho Hon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1900 Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, Korean Empire (now South Korea) |
| Died | 18 December 1955 (aged 55) Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Spouse(s) | Joo Se-juk, Jung Sunnyen, Yi Sunkeum, Yun Lena |
| Children | Daughter: Vivian Park, Nathesa Park Son: Park Byungsam |
| Parent(s) | Lee Hakkyu (Mother) Park Hyin-ju (Father) |
| Education | Kyŏngsŏng Ordinary High School(1919) |
| Alma mater | KyungKi High School International Lenin School |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 박헌영 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Heonyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Hŏnyŏng |
| Art name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 이정, 이춘 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Ijeong, Ichun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ijŏng, Ich'un |
| Courtesy name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 덕영 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Deogyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tŏgyŏng |
Pak Hon-yong (Korean: 박헌영; Hanja: 朴憲永; 28 May 1900 – 18 December 1955[citation needed]) was a Korean independence activist, politician, philosopher, communist activist and one of the main leaders of the Korean communist movement during Japan's colonial rule (1910–1945). His nickname was Ijong (이정) and Ichun (이춘), his courtesy name being Togyong (덕영).
During the Japanese occupation of Korea, he tried to organize the Korean Communist Party. When the Japanese authorities cracked down on the party, he went into hiding. After Korea's liberation, August 1945, he set up the Communist Party of Korea in the South, but under pressure from American authorities he moved to North Korea (then People's Committee of North Korea) in April 1948. He attended a meeting with Kim Ku and Kim Kyu-sik on the subject of Korean reunification.
On record, he collaborated with Kim Il Sung in the Korean War.[1] Park Hun-young was surprised by the strength of President Syngman Rhee's crackdown. Rhee massacred Southern dissenters, as in the Jeju Uprising, the Mungyeong Massacre and the Bodo League Massacre. In 1955, on account of the defeat in the Korean War, he was sentenced to forfeiture of all property and death. Although the Soviet Union and China tried to dissuade Kim Il Sung from executing Pak,[2] Pak was eventually executed for the fabricated accusation of being an American spy.[3]
- ^ "야, 이 자식아! 전쟁이 잘못되면 나뿐 아니라 너도 책임이 있어!" [You bastard, if the war goes wrong, you're responsible, too!]. The Chosun Ilbo. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ Ivanov, Vasily Ivanovich, Memorandum of Conversation with Kim Il Sung : April 19, 1956 Wilson Center Digital Archive
- ^ Lankov, Andrei (2013). The Real North Korea. Oxford University Press. pp. 13 to 14. ISBN 978-0-19-996429-1.