Pang Hak-se ( ko, 방학세) (方學世, born 1914 - died 18 July 1992) was a politician from

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. After the formal establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, he was held various position in the

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including member of the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's

unicameral parliament Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

, the Central Committee of the

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and later served as the President of the Central Court. He was general manager of the South Korean factors abducted during the Korean War.

Biography

He was either born in 1912, 1913 or 1914 depending on the source. He received professional training in the Soviet Union and worked for the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs and intelligence agencies. After

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, he was sent to

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in October 1945 as a Soviet army captain. From May 1947 Director-General of the

People's Committee of North Korea The People's Committee of North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl: 북조선인민위원회) was a provisional government governing the Northern portion of the Korean Peninsula from 1947 until 1948. Established on 21 February 1947 as the successor of the ...

Interior Affairs Bureau.

North Korea

In September 1948, with the declaration on establishment and conducting of first parliamentary election to the Supreme People's Assembly, he was elected as a member of parliament and was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Director of the Political Security Bureau in the Cabinet of North Korea which was led by Premier

Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

. From March 1951 he served as Minister of Social Security and from October 1952 as Minister of Interior. He continued to support Kim Il Sung after the

August Faction Incident The August Faction Incident ( ko, 8월 종파 사건), officially called the "Second Arduous March", was an attempted removal of Kim Il-sung from power by leading North Korean figures from the Soviet-Korean faction and the Yan'an faction, with ...

, and while most of the Soviet rebels were "returning home" to the Soviet Union, he became one of the few who maintained that position. He then turned to the legal profession, and was deputy director of the Central Court in November 1960. Since November 1966, he has also been the Information Director of the Workers' Party Liaison Bureau. He was appointed president of the Central Court in December 1972, and was reappointed in April 1982 and December 1986. During the re-election in 1982, he was awarded the

Order of Kim Il-sung The Order of Kim Il-sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong-il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il-sung, was instituted in 1 ...

, and in March 1984, received the

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. He died on July 18, 1992 while in charge of the Central Court.

Pak Song-chol Pak Song-chol or Park Sung-chul (2 September 1913 – 28 October 2008) was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1976 to 1977. He succeeded Kim Il. He also served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1970. Biogra ...

was the chairman of the funeral committee. In April 1956, November 1970 and October 1980, he was elected as member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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