OFFICIALS OF NORTH KOREA POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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uolq ISTR. 19 March 1952
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COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Officials of Norl
Cultural Organizations
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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1. In mid-October 1951 officials of various North Korean political and cultural
organizations were elected as follows;
CHONG Bong-sok 4~-),1 representative2 of the Anti-Japanese Fighters'
Support Association (Panil Untong Chaku Whoe).
HO Song-t'aek chairman of the National Council of Labor Unions
(Chonkuk Nodonghohap Py?nguihoe),
KIL Chin-sop representative of the Artists' Alliance (Misul
Tongmaeng)
KIM Ki-yong (- ), representative of the National Farmers' Alliance
(Chonkuk Nongmin Tongmaeng).
Republican Party (Puk i
KIM Won-pang ('~ TU f
KIM Nam-ch' on (4 ).1
(Mun Hakka Tongm~eng).
Alliance (MinJu raaekuk Tongmaeng).
PAK Chun-yang representative of the Educators, Associa ion
(Kyoyukch' a Hyophoe _ --- r+ __.
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representative of the Literary Men's Alliance
representative of the North Korean People's
1ioson Inmii n Konghwa? Tang).
KO Chan-po (I~ ), representative of the Democratic Patriots'
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PAK Kyong-su representative of the Korean Cooperative
Associti-on (Choson-Hyoptong Chohap)o
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representative of the Drama Alliance (Yonkuk
representative of the Musicians' Alliance (Uinak
YIN! Hwa (409 ), representative of the General Federation of Korean
Cultural Organizations (Choson.Munhwa Tanch'e.Chong Yonmaeng)
YU Yong-chana (111 4,~-)9 representative of the Korean Democratic Women's
Alliance (Chasm Minju osong Tongmaeng.)>
YUN Haeng-.chung (9 0- ), representative of the Scientists' Alliance
(Kwa ,kch4.a Tongmaeng)
Y Sang-yol representative of the Motion Picture Alliance
(Yonghwa Tongmaeng);
In mid-October officials of some North Korean cultural organizations were
elected as follows.,
Aff He=-kwang (# A- *J), chief-secretary of the North Korean Artists'
Alliance ~5(C
CHEF Min -( ){;,, ,), chief- secretary of the National Motion Picture Studios
MAN Chae -tak
Korean People' ttee;
chief editor for the press organs of the North
HAN Pongmsik ( )tA', second chief. secretary of - the Artists' Alliance
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KANG Ho ( 7S~), representativeo of the North Korean Opera Group
KIM S- ng~ku chief of the Dramatic Art Section of the North
Korean People's Committee-and chief of. the North Korean Theatre Committee.
KIM 1Jk (4 /'U), chief secretary of the Korean Cultural Association.
NAMG NG Nan (I g- chief of the North Korea-Broadcasting Bureau,
PAK Se-yang (3 '? chief of the editorial bureau of the North Korean
Federation of ?tists' Alliances
YI Ch'an chairman of the Korean Cultural Association
to Comment. An alphabetical listing of persons mentioned in this
report on whom information is available includes the following. The
number of former South Koreans - amng- those- listed is worthy of note
AN Ham-kw ng was the editor-in-chief of Literature, organ of the North
Korean Literary Men's Alliance, in December 1949.
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CHONG J3ong-sokwas an independent candidate for election as a represent-
ative-of-South Korea to the North Korean. Supreme People's Assembly in 1950.
CH[S Min ,s- secretary of the North Korean Theater and Cinema Commission.
(Possibly a different translation of the organization named in the present
report.)
NO Song-t "aek, was formerly North Korean Min star of Labor and commander
of North Korea guerrillas in the RCKo However, it has been -often, reported
that t he ',s in disgrace and was expelled from the North Korean Party in
December 1950 because of his failure toorganize the guerrillas effectively.
KIL Chins p, like CHONG Hang~sok and others listed in this report, was
also a candidate from South Korea in the North Korean People's Assembly
elections in 1950. The elections were sponsored by the North Korean
government to support its claim to represent all of Korea > He was an
independent.
KIM Nam-eh'an was a candidate in the same elections as a representative
of the South Korean-Federation of Cultural Organizations o
KIM Uk was a candidate in the same elections as a representative of the
Christian Democratic League
KIM Won-wpong; Baas 'Minister of National Inspection in early 1951, and one
of those asked by PAK Hon-gong to support his bid for leadership in North
Korea. He is a former South Korean.
PAK Chun-y"
ng was an independent candidate from South Korea in the 1950
elections in-North-Korea,
PAK" X76ng su . A PAK : .u was a captain in charge of culture and
propaganda for the North Korean 60 Guerrilla Unit near the 38th parallel
in May 1951,
PAK Semyong.A PAK Se.-y&ng was a candidate in the 1950 elections in North
Korea as a representative of tlae National Council of labor-Unions,
YIM ibm is Moscow-trained, and is deputy chairman of the Soviet-Korean
Cultural.-Association . He is a trusted--H6 Ka-i follower
YUN Sang-yai was in charge of adaptation in the North Korean National
Movie Studios in 1948.
I Comment. The-term "representative" is ambiguous and is not ex.
plaited.` Note, however, that where- the- same, or possibly
the same, organizations are referred to-in paragraph 2 as are listed in
paragraph 1, the officials are not the same, and therefore the term
"representatives9" probably refers to delegates from these' organizations
to some North Korean meeting and is not another term for chairman or
chief.
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