He is a member of Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Director of the WPK Document Archives.
[1] In May 2013, he became the party chief secretary in Kangwon Province succeeding Paek Kye-ryong [ko].
[2] In 2014, he was elected as a deputy to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, and was re-elected to the 14th SPA in 2019.
[2] In May 2016, at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was appointed a member of the Central Committee.
[3] In June 2016 he was elected chairman of the Party Committee of Kangwon Province.