page_title: Paek Nam-un
section_title: New Democratic Party Activities
hierarchical_section_title: Paek Nam-un / Biography / After liberation / New Democratic Party Activities
caption_attribution_description: 한국어: 1948년 8월, 황해도 해주에서 열린 '인민대표자회의'에 참석한 백남운,허헌,박헌영,홍명희
context_page_description: Paek Nam-un was an economist, educator and politician during the Japanese colonial period and following the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was a professor of economics at Yeonhee College and an economic theorist of the Communist Party of Korea, and a representative figure of socialist economists during the Japanese colonial period along with Lee Soon-Tak. After the independence, on the premise of some asset class and solidarity, in the article 'The Path of the Chosun People's', 'Combination of New Democracy' was proposed. After liberation, Kim Doo-bong, Heo Jeong-suk, and Choi Chang-ik connected with Nam Joseon New Democratic Party and Nationalist Democratic Front, but did not come down after coming to North Korea with Kim Gu, Kim Kyu-sik, Jang Geon-sang in April 1948. Since then, he served as the first literary statue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly.
context_section_description: He has been to the north of the 38th parallel twice as a representative of the New Democratic Party of Namjosun. In addition, the Korean military campaigned for unification in the midst of US military campaigns. Thus, the New Korea People's Party, the People's Party of Korea, and the Communist Party of Korea were worthy to form the South Korean Workers' Party. On February 15, 1946, he was invited to the co-chair of the Nationalist National Front (Minjeon). He left the street without joining the Namro Party, led by Park Heon-young, and through this, he had a conflict and confrontation with Park Heon-young. During this process, he felt skeptical and declared resignation in front of the barriers of reality. After that, he organized the National Culture Research Center and participates in cultural movements. However, in April 1947, six months after the retirement of the political system, the government returned to the political system. After announcing an article against the establishment of a single government, he collaborated with Yeon-hyung Yeo to join the founding of the People's Party of Korea. In May 1947, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the People's Party of Korea. However, on July 19, when Yeon-hyung was assassinated, he could no longer maintain his organization. In August 1947, a wave of left-wing arrest arrested Paek Nam-un in a crisis of being arrested with the party. Eventually, Nam Woon Baek faces a threat of personal affairs, and first brings the family to North Korea.
  By the time he was studying in Japan, he was strongly influenced by Marxism in the intellectual class in Japan, and there were many socialist economists, especially in Tokyo. From this point on, it is estimated that Paek Nam-un naturally leaned toward Marxism.
  On May 10, 1948, the general election was scheduled to go north or south of South Korea. At the crossroads, Paek Nam-un chose to participate in the inter-Korean negotiations with Kim Gu, criticizing the establishment of the 'South Korea Bay Government' and the May 10 general election. In April 1948, he attended the Pyongyang Inter-Korean Conference. At this conference, he first gave a speech following Kim Il-sung and Park Heon-young, and at the third meeting he was also the moderator.
  He was the twelfth northbound and the last northbound to go north to participate in inter-Korean negotiations. After that, he sat down in Pyongyang after the inter-Korean negotiations.
caption: In August 1948, the 'People's Congress' was held in Haeju, Hwanghae Province. From the left, Paek Nam-un, Ho Hon, Pak Hon-yong, and Hong Myong-hui.
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