Paek Hak-rim

Paek Hak-rim (1918 – October 5, 2006) was the Deputy Director of the North Korean Ministry of Public Security. He occupied a number of high-ranking positions, including serving from 1998 to 2003 on the National Defense Commission. He was also the Minister of People's Security from 1998 to 2003.

In this Korean name, the family name is Paek.
Paek Hak-rim
Personal details
Born1918
South Pyongan Province, Japanese Korea
DiedOctober 5, 2006 (aged 87–88)
Nationality North Korea
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/serviceKorean People's Army
Rank Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
백학림
Hancha
白鶴林
Revised RomanizationBaek Hak-rim
McCune–ReischauerPaek Hakrim

Biography

Paek was born in South Pyongan Province, and served in the guerrilla armies of the Korean independence movement before 1945. He also served in the North Korean army after independence, reaching the rank of Major General in 1958 and Lieutenant General in 1962. In 1962, he was appointed Director of the Political Security Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and promoted to lieutenant general. In March 1970, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Security. In November 1970, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and in August 1978, he was appointed deputy Minister of the People's Armed Forces. In 1992 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. He has been a delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly following the 4th (1967), 7th (1982), 8th (1986), 9th (1990), 10th (1998), and 11th (2003) elections. He joined the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1970, and served on that body continuously beginning in 1980. In 1998 he was appointed to the Minister of People's Security, a position he held until July 2003.[1]

Paek died of a brain hemorrhage on at 2 PM on October 5, 2006. The following day a wreath was sent to his funeral by Kim Jong-il, and laudatory obituaries were distributed through the North Korean media.

Works
  • Paek Hak-rim (1968). "A Bowl of Parched-rice Powder". Reminiscences of the Anti-japanese Guerillas. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 3207400.
  • — (1977). "On Our Way to the Homeland". As He Leads the Revolution, for the Freedom and Liberation of the People. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 6198041.

See also

References
  1. North Korea Under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics, and Prospects for Change, p. 23
Political offices
Preceded by
?		 Minister of People's Security
1998–2003		 Succeeded by
Choe Ryong-su
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