[6] She was already an experienced communist at the time of the liberation of Korea, and she had also studied in the Soviet Union and worked for its intelligence service.

Pak is the only woman to have served in the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea until the appointment of Kim Yo Jong.

[4] In August 1946, she became a full member of the 1st Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Korea (WPNK).

[13] In 1953, she headed the North Korean delegation to Stalin's funeral in Moscow, where her Chinese counterpart was the Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai.

[14] Later that year, she participated in a purge against the former South Korean Workers' Party members who had fallen out of Kim Il Sung's favor.

[18] As one of the most important members of the committee she was uniquely "able to advise Kim Il-sŏng on his personal life, and to speak for women as well as on matters of general concern".

In 1951, a WIDF International Commission of Women visited North Korea on her initiative to mobilize the world public opinion.

[20] She received the International Stalin Prize in 1950 and also starred in Joris Ivens and Jerzy Bossak's anti-war documentary film Peace Will Win.

[23] She lasted in mid-century North Korean political life when purges removed many other senior politicians.

[30][4] Her daughter, Pak Sun-hui, is the current chairperson of the central committee of the Korean Democratic Women's League.