page_title: Ho Hon
section_title: Liberation of Korea
hierarchical_section_title: Ho Hon / Biography / Liberation of Korea
caption_attribution_description: 한국어: 남북조선 정당, 사회단체대표자련석회의에 참가한 《신민당》당수로 참가한 허헌. 독립운동가 허정숙, 소설가 허근욱의 아버지English: Heo Heon, Korean resistance avtivists, a father of Heo Jong-suk and Heo Keun-uk
context_page_description: Ho Hon was a Korean independence activist in Japanese controlled Korea and politician in the early years of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. As a lawyer, he defended independence activists along with Lee In and Kim Byong-ro. In September 1948, following the official proclamation on the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, he was elected a delegate to the first convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral parliament of North Korea. the unicameral parliament of North Korean state. He also served President of Kim Il-sung University. While working as a reunification activist, he drowned in the Chongchon River in August 1951. He was also the father of Ho Jong-suk, a female activist and a politician in North Korea.
context_section_description: On August 15, 1945, the ruling of the Japanese National Presidency and the formation of the National Preparatory Committee under the leadership of Yeo Hyung-hyun were heard, and when Ho Hon lived in Sinchon County, South Hwanghae Province, Chairman Geon-jun Yeo, Yun-hyung sent people to participate in the National Preparatory Committee. Asked. Around this time, Hon Hon was in a nursing home, but he readily agreed and came to Seoul. According to the records at the time, he said, 'I will give everything to the teacher. I believe in my teacher and I will help with all my wisdom. '
  On the other hand, Ho hon continued to criticize the Korean Democratic Party until the early days of the launch of the Korean Democratic Party, but increasingly, Heonheon's public speeches gradually grew in the colors of the defense of the Communist Party of Korea and the criticism of the Korean Democratic Party. He argued that anti-Japanese independence movements under Japanese rule were largely carried out by communists, and in this regard, "We should also thank the Communist Party of Korea," and after the Korean People's Party did not cooperate with the state, they even defended pro-Japanese and terrorists. And accused him of interfering with the complete independence of Joseon. In addition, he visited Ahn Jae-hong, who had been dissatisfied with the advancement of the Communist Party of Korea, and persuaded him several times, but Ahn Jae-hong did not listen and soon withdrew.
  On September 4, the General Assembly of the National Assembly was elected as Vice-Chairman of the National Preparatory Committee, followed by the National People's Congress and prepared for the establishment of the People's Republic of Korea. While participating as a People's Committee, Ho Hon showed a reality that, unlike the Korean People's Party, he had to deny 'temporary government refusalism' and prepare the People's Republic. On September 7, 1945, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Cabinet of the People's Republic of Korea.
  When the results of the Moscow Three-Phase Summit were announced in December, he argued that "it is now necessary to establish a provisional government for Koreans through the North and South according to the procedures set out in the "Moscow Protocol", not to follow the rule of Lim Jung. Everyone supported the "Moscow Protocol" and proposed to actively help the activities of the Micro-Community Committee.
  Kim Won-bong, Kim Sung-suk, Jang Goon-sang (김성숙 (1898년)), and Sung Joo-sik, who left the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea on February 15, 1946, were invited to the co-chair of the Democratic People's Front (민주주의민족전선) with Yeo-hyung Baek, Paek Nam-un, Pak Hon-yong, and Kim Won-bong. Subsequently, he was elected the chief chairman of the Democratic Peoples Front.
  At the opening of the National Democracy Front, Heo Heon was thinking of the emergency national conference hosted by the Provisional Government, and there is a buzzword of law, which is not right. Ho Hon publicly rejected the idea of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Recognizing that the provisional government was not approved by the international community, and that the officials returned to Japan as individuals, they accused Lim of deceiving the lawmakers to deceive the people. After Lim Jong-ho's denial, he became the public of the far right group and became the main target of terrorism. He had to move through the residence several times, avoiding raids and terrorist attacks by right-wing youth groups. On the other hand, Ho Hon did not join the political party of the, but acted as an individual. Heo Heon's health was not good because of the  of the disease he got from prison.
  In November 1946, he participated in the formation of the South Korean Workers' Party. After the formation of the Workers' Party of South Korea, Lyuh Woon-hyung sat down in office and stopped the conflict with Pak Hon-yong. Around this time, Ho Hon followed, supporting Pak. Later, on August 11, 1947, the US military authorities issued an arrest order against the leader of the
caption: Hon in 1948
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