Pak Jae-gyong is a North Korean politician and soldier.
14 Facts About Pak Jae-gyong
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Pak Jae-gyong is a delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly.
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Pak Jae-gyong was born in North Hamgyong Province while Korea was under Japanese rule and attended the Kim Il-Sung Political and Military College.
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Pak Jae-gyong was one of thirty-one men handpicked for the 1968 Blue House raid, an assassination attempt on the life of South Korean President Park Chung Hee.
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Pak Jae-gyong was one of only two survivors of the failed mission, the other being Kim Shin-jo, and was the only one to escape back to the North.
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In 1989, Pak Jae-gyong took on the role of political commissar of the 4th Corps of the KPA, and in January 1993 was promoted to major general.
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In June 1994, Pak Jae-gyong was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
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Pak Jae-gyong was promoted to general of the KPA in February 1997.
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In September 2000, Pak Jae-gyong accompanied Kim Yong-sun, the then vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, on his trip to South Korea at the invitation of then president Kim Dae-jung.
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Pak Jae-gyong presented three tons of the famous Chilbo Mountain pine mushrooms as a present from Kim Jong Il.
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In 2007, Pak Jae-gyong delivered another gift of pine mushrooms, this time weighing four tons, when he called on President Roh Moo-hyun.
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From 2007 onwards, Pak Jae-gyong has been a Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces and in September 2010 was appointed a member of the Central Committee of the WPK.
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Pak Jae-gyong served as a delegate of the 10th and 11th Supreme People's Assembly and since April 2009 has been a delegate of the 12th SPA.
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In 2023, Pak Jae-gyong participated in the military parade for the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.