Park Jae-kyung
| Pak Jae-gyong | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 박재경 |
| Born |
10 June 1933 North Hamgyong Province in Korea under Japanese rule |
| Occupation | Politician, Korean People's Army General, Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, Delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박재경 |
| Hanja | 朴在慶 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Jae-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chae-gyŏng |
Pak Jae-gyong (Chosŏn'gŭl: 박재경; born 10 June 1933), is a North Korean politician and soldier. 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 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).
Pak was born in North Hamgyong Province while Korea was under Japanese Rule and attended the Kim Il-Sung Political and Military College.
Pak was one of thirty-one men handpicked for the 1968 Blue House raid (also known as the January 21 Incident in South Korea), an assassination attempt on the life of South Korean President Park Chung-hee. Pak was one of only two survivors of the failed mission, the other being Kim Shin-Jo, and was the only one to return to the North.
In February 1985, assumed the role of Brigadier General of the Korean People's Army (KPA), and was made Head of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army. In 1989, Pak took on the role of Political Commissar of the 4th Corps of the KPA, and in January 1993 was promoted to Major General. Through the December by-elections of the same year, Pak was elected as an official of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
In June 1994, Pak was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. In September of the same year, he was appointed as General Director of the Propaganda Department under the General Political Bureau. In August 1995 he was re-elected as an official of the Central Committee of the WPK. Pak was promoted to General of the KPA in February 1997.
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