He belonged to the Manchu faction, the mainstream of the Workers' Party of Korea led by Kim Il Sung.
After the end of the Second World War, he arrived in Yanji with Kang Jian, led by Park Luo-gwan and Choi Gwang with about 30 people.
In July 1953 following the end of Korean War and the signing of the armistice, he was promoted to major general and became the 7th Corps commander.
He was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the 2nd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea on October 12, 1966.
[3] However, he was criticized in 1969 for "wasting the national treasury and purchasing only state-of-the-art weapons" and "ignoring the Labor Red Guard".