Pak Chang-ok

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Pak Chang-ok
Chong Chun-taek
Succeeded byRi Jong-ok
Personal details
Born1896 (1896)
Onsong County, Joseon
Died1960 (aged 63–64)
Pyongyang, North Korea
NationalityKorean
AliasChoe Chang-sok, Choe Chang-sun, Choe Tong-u, Ri Kon-u
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
박창옥
Hancha
朴昌玉
Revised RomanizationBak Chang-ok
McCune–ReischauerPak Ch'ang-ok

Pak Chang-ok (

Soviet Korean faction of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK),[1] with members being mainly ethnic Koreans born in Soviet Union, after the suicide of their first leader, Ho Ka-i
.

Pak was a member of the

Pak formed an alliance with

Yanan Korean faction of the party to criticize Kim Il Sung in 1956,[4] but was expelled following Kim's return from the Soviet Union.[citation needed] Pak died in 1960.[5]

References

  1. ^ Armstrong 2013, p. 79.
  2. ^ Armstrong 2013, p. 69.
  3. ^ Armstrong 2013, p. 62.
  4. ^ Lankov 2002, p. 90.
  5. ^ Armstrong 2013, p. 130.

Works cited

  • Armstrong, Charles K. (25 June 2013). Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992. Cornell University Press. .
  • Lankov, Andrei N. (2002). "Kim Takes Control: The 'Great Purge' in North Korea, 1956-1960". Korean Studies. 26 (1): 87–119. .