Pak Hon-yong
| Pak Hon-yong | |
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Pak Hon-yong in 1946
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| Born |
28 May 1900 Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, Korea |
| Died | 1956? Pyongyang, DPRK |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Education | Kyŏngsŏng Ordinary High School(1919) |
| Alma mater | KyungKi High School |
| Known for |
Korean independence activists Nationalist Journalist Athlete (Sportsperson) Revolutionary |
| 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) |
| Pak Hon-yong | |
| Hangul | 박헌영 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Heon-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Hŏnyŏng |
| Pen name | |
| Hangul | 이정, 이춘 |
| Hanja | , , |
| Revised Romanization | Ijeong, Ichoon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ijŏng, Ichun |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 덕영 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Dŏnyŏng |
| McCune–Reischauer | Deok-yeong |
Pak Heon-yeong (Hangul: 박헌영, Hanja:朴憲永, 28 May 1900 – 1956?) 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 (1910–45). his nickname was Ijung (이정) and Ichun (이춘), courtesy name was Deokyeong (덕영).
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 the Korean War. After 1955, he was executed by Kim Il-Sung's security forces as an American spy.
Pak was born to a yangban family of the Yeonghae Park lineage in Sinyang-myeon, Yesan County, Chungcheongnam-do. However, he was the illegitimate son of a concubine.
In 1919, he graduated from Kyŏngsŏng Ordinary High School, now Kyunggi High School. In March 1919, he was involved in the March 1st Movement and later independence movements.
In 1921, he joined the Shanghai branch of the Korean Communist Party, Irkutsk faction. At this time, he was secretary of the Korean Communist Youth League. In January 1922, he participated in the Comintern Far East People's Representative Council in Moscow.
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