Choe Yong-gon (official)
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Choe Yong-gon was a North Korean military officer and politician. He served as the Chief Commander of the Korean People's Army from 1948 to 1950, and as defence minister from 1948 to 1957. He also ser
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Choe Yong-gon, Kim Chaek, Kim Il, and Kang Kon receiving the first domestically produced Type 49 submachine guns from President Kim Il Sung, 1949.
Choe Yong-gon with the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Liu Shaoqi during his official visit to Beijing, 5 June 1963.
Choe Yong-gon and Kim Il Sung at Kim Chaek's funeral, 1 February 1951.
The Korean Social Democratic Party is a political party in North Korea that is allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Choe Yong-gon (official)
…In 1945, he returned to Korea after Japan was defeated in World War II. In 1946, he became the chairman of the Korean Democratic Party (KDP) and led this organization to a pro-communist course. He was, however, concurrently secretly a member of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and…
Launching convention of the Korean Democratic Party in Pyongyang in 1945, after the Liberation of Korea