Pang, Hak-se
4pBiographical sketch of Pang Hak-se, chief of the DPRK secret police.
Document
PDF sourced from the Library of Congress Korean Rare Book Collection. 4 pages.
Transcription — handwritten Korean, first pass in progress
This document is a handwritten Korean manuscript (and in some cases photocopied typed pages) from a collection compiled 1995–2001. Full transcription requires manual reading or AI vision-based OCR of the scanned pages. Transcription is in progress.
Translation / Context — first pass
Handwritten Korean manuscript — first-pass transcription in progress. Pang Hak-se (Bang Hak-se) was the first head of the DPRK's security apparatus (State Political Security Bureau / 보위부), effectively the secret police. A Soviet Korean, he oversaw political repression in the early DPRK. He was later purged by Kim Il-sung. His entry, at only 4 pages, is surprisingly brief given his historical significance.