1. Pak Hon-yong, courtesy name Togyong, 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.
12 Facts About Pak Hon-yong
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Pak Hon-yong attended a meeting with Kim Ku and Kim Kyu-sik on the subject of Korean reunification.
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Pak Hon-yong was born to a yangban family of the Yeonghae Park lineage in Sinyang-myeon, Yesan County, South Chungcheong Province.
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Pak Hon-yong was arrested in Korea in April 1922 and was charged with being a Communist Party organizer.
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Pak Hon-yong was released in 1924 and became active as a reporter for the newspapers Dong-a Ilbo and Chosun Ilbo under the names Ijong and Ichun.
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On 18 April 1925, Pak Hon-yong became one of the founders of the Communist Party of Korea.
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Late in August 1945, the Communist Party of Korea was re-established, having been officially disbanded in 1928, and Pak Hon-yong became its secretary.
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Pak Hon-yong was the most prominent Communist in Korea at the time.
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Pak Hon-yong became secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea when the North and South parties united in April 1950.
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Pak Hon-yong was the vice chairman of the Politburo of the DPRK from 1949 to 1953, and Foreign Minister of the DPRK until he was ousted and arrested in 1953.
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Pak Hon-yong was arrested on 3 August 1953 in a purge of the former members of the Workers' Party of South Korea orchestrated by Kim Il Sung.
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The date of Pak Hon-yong's death is uncertain, though sources suggest that he was executed that same month.