During the Japanese occupation of Korea , he tried to organize the Korean Communist Party . When the Japanese authorities cracked down on the party , he went into hiding . After Korea 's liberation , August 1945 , he set up the Communist Party of Korea in the South , but under pressure from American authorities he moved to North Korea in April 1948 . He attended a meeting with Kim Gu and Kim Kyu-sik on the subject of Korean reunification . On record , he participated in collaboration with Kim Il-sung in the Korean War . Pak Hon-yong seemed to have had confidence in Korean war because of Workers ' Party of South Korea which had around 360,000 party members at that time . However , Park Hun-young did not expect the possibility of President Syngman Rhee massacring Southern communist members , as in Jeju uprising , Mungyeong Massacre and especially Bodo League massacre . In 1955 , on account of the defeat in Korean war , he was sentenced to forfeiture of all property and death . Although Soviet Union and China tried to dissuade Kim Il sung from executing Pak , Pak Hon-yong was eventually executed for the fabricated accusation of being an American spy
Bodo League massacre
Bodo League massacre
Pak Hon-yong