沙飛的戰時攝影
Sha Fei and Wartime Photography

Alternative names: 金武亭 ; 金炳禧 ; 明石 ; 김무정 ; 김병희 ; 명석 ; Kim Mu-chŏng ; Kim Mu Jong ; Mu Jong

1904-1952

A Korean communist, independence activist, general and statesman of North Korea

Mu Chong, was a Korean communist, independence activist, general and statesman of North Korea. He had been living in China for years when he joined the Chinese Communist Party fighting against the Japanese. After the liberation of Korea, he returned to North Korea and became a general in the Korean People's Army. He was an important member of the Yan'an faction, a group of pro-China communists in the North Korean government.

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