Pak Chinhong was born in Myongchon County, Korea, Empire of Japan.

She was fifteen years old and she attended Dongduk Girls’ High School [ko],[1] established by the Cheondoist religion, She paid for her tuition by working as a live-in tutor.

[1] Pak Chinhong and Lee Hyo-jeong, a friend of hers at Dongduk Girls’ High School were anti-Japanese socialists.

[1] Starting in her third year, she formed a reading group with male students from Jungang High School.

100s of students were suspended[3] and Pak Chinhong was expelled from her fourth year at Dongduk Girls' High School in June 1931.

After Kim Tae-jun died, Pak Chinhong chose to defect to North Korea.

[1] There are records that she served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly in the early days of the North Korean regime, but the time and place of her death are unknown.

It has statues of Lee Hyo-jeong and Pak Chinhong reunited[4] in cell number seven.