Yu, Song-ch'ol
60pBiographical sketch of Yu Sŏng-ch'ŏl, one of the most historically significant figures in this collection, documented in 60 pages.
Document
PDF sourced from the Library of Congress Korean Rare Book Collection. 60 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. Yu Sŏng-ch'ŏl (유성철, 1917–1995) was the Chief of the Operations Bureau of the Korean People's Army General Staff during the Korean War — effectively the top military planner for the DPRK's 1950 invasion of South Korea. A Soviet Korean colonel, he is credited with drawing up the operational plan for the June 25, 1950 attack. After the war he was purged by Kim Il-sung, like the other Soryŏnpʻa. He later testified to South Korean researchers about North Korea's planning for the Korean War, providing invaluable historical documentation. His 60-page entry is among the longest in the collection and likely contains substantial memoir material.