Ho Hon

In September 1948, following the official proclamation on the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, he was elected a delegate to the first convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral parliament of North Korea.

After the liberation, in August 1945, he participated in the founding of the National Committee for Preparation of Republic of Korea [ko] (건국준비위원회) with Pak Hon-yong and Lyuh Woon-hyung, and was elected to the prime minister of the People's Republic of Korea through the Vice Chairman of the Committee.

After its dismantling, he was oppressed while acting as a Democratic People's Front and Namjo Line Workers' Party in South Korea.

Heo Heon was born in 1885 in Hapyeong-ri, Hawoo-myeon, Myongchon County, North Hamgyong Province, as the son of Hyangban.

However, Heochu decided to quit his office due to poor health and left his son Heo Heon to Lee Yong-ik.

Heo-heon went to Vladivostok in Yeonju and thought that he would extend his visit after his father Hu-chu died and had three years of father-in-law.

When he returned to his hometown, Myeongcheon, Hamgyong Province, his mother invited him to marry a woman named Ji-Young Jeong, who lived in Hamhung.

[1] Among the children he had from Ji-Young Lee, only her daughter, Ho Jong-suk, survived to adulthood, and later became herself an activist and politician.

After that, he defended the defense of independence activists, the employment problems of workers, and the issue of wage increases for free.

At the end of the Japanese colonial period in 1943, he was involved in a shortwave broadcast smuggling incident, where he also spent two years in prison.

And Ho Hon brought his wife to Hanseongbu, attended Hansung Foreign Language School, studied German, and learned English and Japanese.

At the time of the 3.1 movement, Ho Hon took charge of 47 people, including 33 national representatives and 14 related persons.

He became famous for his embarrassing Japanese imperialism by defending the leaders of the March 1st Movement, who were obsessed with the unpredictable knowledge of law theory.

After that, Ho Hon held a national reputation and performed various projects in addition to his daily attorneys, such as the free-standing defense of the Troops and the Communist Party of Korea.

At the time, Ho Hon was severely tortured at the age of 58, and the alleged exile of his daughter, Heo Jung-sook, was included in the charges.

He had to move through the residence several times, avoiding raids and terrorist attacks by right-wing youth groups.

After the formation of the Workers' Party of South Korea, Lyuh Woon-hyung sat down in office and stopped the conflict with Pak Hon-yong.

In April 1948, for the north–south negotiations, he went to the north of the 38th parallel with Ri Sung-yop of the South Korean Workers' Party and did not come back.

Ho in 1929
Ho (at left side) during the Second US-Soviet Joint Committee in May 1947
Pak Hon-yong (middle) and Ho Hon (left) attended the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Korean Communist Party in Seoul in 1946
At the 1st US-Soviet Joint Commission. From the left, Kim Won-bong , Ho Hon, and Pak Hon-yong .
Hon in 1948
In August 1948, the 'People's Congress' was held in Haeju , Hwanghae Province . From the left, Paek Nam-un , Ho Hon, Pak Hon-yong , and Hong Myong-hui .