hanja rr context hanjaho article_title mr mrho hangulho rrho hangul
金 枓 奉 gim dubong north 白 淵 kim tu-bong
 kim tubong paegyŏn 백연 baekyeon 김두봉
kim tu-bong

kim tu-bong -lrb- february 2 , 1889 - 1958 or later -rrb- was known in korean history as a linguist , scholar , and politician .
his most famous work was under ju sigyeong ; later , after participating in the march 1st movement , he with other korean leaders of the time established a provisional government-in-exile in china , and because of his communist beliefs he played an important role in the early north korean communist regime .
he and other members of the yan ` an faction formed the new people 's party when they returned from exile .
after the new people 's party merged into the workers party of north korea -lrb- wpnk -rrb- in 1946 at the 1st wpnk congress , he became wpnk chairman .
he was the first head of state -lrb- chairman of the standing committee of the supreme people 's assembly -rrb- of north korea from 1948 to 1957 .
he is most remembered in south korea for his efforts in establishing the korean linguistic field and especially that of hangul .
much of his work both political and linguistically was done while living in china with the exiled government of korea .
he is also known by his pen name baekyeon .
he was purged by kim il-sung in 1957 .
