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Nam Baek-woo (November 1886 - ?) was a businessman during the Japanese colonial period and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea.

Life
Born in Wonsan, South Hamgyong Province, he was a famous rich man in Wonsan. He graduated from Wonsan Japanese Language School and graduated from Boseong College in 1912. After graduating from school, he traveled to Beijing and Nanjing in China, and returned to Korea in 1916 and worked as an entrepreneur in his hometown of Wonsan.

Since 1921, he has been appointed as the manager of Wonsan Trading Co., Ltd. and Bukseon Warehouse Co., Ltd. and served as a director of Wonsan Trading Co., Ltd., an auditor of Heungup Co., Ltd., and an auditor of Wonsangwan Co., Ltd. He also served as the landlord of Wonsan and an influential regional leader. Organizations such as the Wonsan Youth Association, the Wonsan Municipal Association, and the Wonsan Citizens' Association were promoted.

Starting with Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he worked as a public official, including a member of the Wonsan Association and a member of the Hamgyeongnam-do Provincial Council, and was selected as a member of the Central Committee at the end of the Japanese colonial period. He joined the Joseon Imjeonbo Corps, which was established in 1941, as a councilor.

She was also famous as the first husband of Pansori master singer Park Rok-ju. Park Rok-ju participated in the Master Singing Contest in Wonsan around 1920, and met Nam Baek-woo, who was older than him for more than 20 years, and became his concubine.

It was included in both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the pro-Japanese biographical dictionary released in 2008 in the Central Committee category. It was also included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the Committee on the Truth of Pro-Japanese Anti-National Activities in 2009.

See more

 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * the Joseon Imjeonbo Corps
 * Park Rok-ju
 * Daedong Youth Corps

Reference

 * Nam Baek-woo - National History Compilation Committee