Pak Jae-gyong

Pak Jae-gyong
박재경
Personal details
Born (1933-06-10) 10 June 1933 (age 91)
North Hamgyong Province in Korea under Japanese rule
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
OccupationPolitician, Korean People's Army General, Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, Delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/service Korean People's Army
Rank General
Korean name
Hangul
박재경
Hanja
朴在慶
Revised RomanizationBak Jae-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerPak Chae-gyŏng

Pak Jae-gyong (Korean박재경; born 10 June 1933) is a North Korean politician and soldier.[1] A general in the Korean People's Army (KPA), Pak is a Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces as well as a full member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Pak is also a delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). He is one of the two survivors of 31-member commando unit, known as Unit 124, that was sent to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung Hee in the Blue House raid in 1968.

  1. ^ "One of NK's richest men said to serve in assembly hall". The Korea Times. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2016.