Born May 12, 1927, in Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō (South Pyongan Province), Korea, Empire of Japan.

After being promoted to the Vice Marshal rank in April 1992, he was selected as a member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in March 1995.

[2] In August 1995, the year of the death of the Minister of People's Armed Forces O Jin-u, The People's Army is Kim Jong Il's army, and in any case, let's protect him with loyalty in the WPK mouthpiece, urged the entire military to loyalty to Kim Jong Il.

In October 1995, he was appointed as the first deputy head of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, and at the same time he was awarded the Kim Il-sung Medal.

His funeral committee consisted of Ri Ul-sol, Jo Myong-rok, Kim Yong-chun, and others.