Kang Mun-sok

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Kang Mun-sok
Hangul
강문석
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGang Munseok
McCune–ReischauerKang Munsŏk

Kang Mun-sok (1906–1955) was a Korean

the Japanese occupation period
and thereafter.

Born in Namjeju County on Jeju Province, he became active in the socialist movement in Japan starting in the 1920s. He worked from Shanghai with Pak Hon-yong in the 1930s, and also participated in the Kyongsong Communist Group, remaining loyal to the group throughout the occupation period.

After the end of

Jeju Uprising
in 1948.

After the

American military government of Korea, Kang moved to North Korea, but is believed to have been killed when the members of the WPSK were purged due to the Pak-Yi espionage affair. He was denounced for individualism and regionalism by Kim Il Sung at a party congress in 1955.[2][3]

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