Pak Hon-yong

Who was Pak Hon-yong?

Pak Hon-yong was a Korean independence activist, politician, philosopher and Communist activist. One of the main leaders of the Korean communist movement during Japan's colonial rule. his nickname was Ijung and Ichun, china style name was Deokyeong.

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, he tried to organize the Korean Communist Party. However, when the Japanese authorities cracked down on the party, he went into hiding. After Korea's liberation, August 1945, he set up the Korean Communist Party organization in the South, but under pressure from US authorities he moved to North Korea in April 1948. He attended a meeting with Kim Gu and Kim Kyu-sik on the subject of Korean reunification. He participated in collaboration with Kim Il-Sung in Korean War. After 1955, he was executed by Kim Il-Sung's security forces as an American spy.