[3] Pak was born to a yangban family of the Yeonghae Park lineage in Sinyang-myeon, Yesan County, South Chungcheong Province.

Afterwards, he was confined to his home due to his supposed ill-health, but in December he escaped by way of Manchuria to reach the Soviet Union.

Late in August 1945, the Communist Party of Korea (조선 공산당) was re-established, having been officially disbanded in 1928, and Pak became its secretary.

After the December 1945 Moscow Conference, the Communist Party of Korea was oppressed by United States Army Military Government.

In September 1946, he was instrumental in organizing a general strike, which at its peak involved more than a quarter of a million workers.

[3] According to secret documents of the former Soviet Union released in succession until 2002, Kim Il Sung and Park Hun-young always acted together until the detailed plans of the war were finally decided.

Kim Il Sung and Park Hun-young were also on hand during their visit to Moscow from 30 March to 25 April 1950, when they were approved for war by Stalin.

During the visit, Kim Il Sung and Park Hun-young met Stalin and received written instructions of detailed war plans.

[6] Pak Hon-yong was arrested on 3 August 1953 in a purge of the former members of the Workers' Party of South Korea (mainly domestic faction) by Kim Il Sung.