User:Dckewon5131/박경석 (1875년)

Park Gyeong-seok (born May 1875 in the lunar calendar) was a businessman during the Japanese occupation and served as a member of the Central Council of the Japanese Government-General of Joseon.

Life
My hometown is Pyongyang. Originally, as a squire, in 1901, during the period of the Korean Empire, he also held a memorial service for Sunneung, the tomb of King Taejo's grandmother in Hamgyeongnam-do. After the Korea-Japan annexation treaty was signed, he invested appropriately in the manufacturing industry and grew into a capitalist representing the Pyongyang region.

In 1918, he served as the head of the Pyongyang Bukbu Financial Association and the founder of the Pyongyang Bank, and ran a factory that manufactured ceramics. He also worked in connection with relations, such as serving as a deputy councilor for the Pyongyang government or serving as the governor for the Pyongyang ministry. In 1915, the property reached the hundreds of thousands of won range, and it was one of the top seven in Pyeongannam-do, including Koreans and Japanese.

In the 1920s, activities became more active. He has long served as a vice president and councilor of the Pyongyang Chamber of Commerce, and has engaged in various corporate activities such as Pyeongan Trading Co., Ltd., Gyeongseong Stock Market promoter, Pyongyang Jangyuyang Brewing Co., Ltd., auditor of Chosun Life Insurance Co., president of Tongyang Job Co., director of Pyongyang Fish Market, and Pyeongan Fisheries. He participated in various social organizations such as the Established Tea Party, the Pyongyang Yurin Association, and the Pyongyang Shipbuilding Industry Promotion Association, and served as a member of the Pyeongnam Provincial Council for five years from 1924. At that time, Park Kyung-seok was one of the "Pyongyang bats," and Dajae Dagan had a reputation.

In 1928, he received the Showa Daerye Memorial Medal from the Japanese government and was appointed to the position of Chungchowon Councillor, the best seat for Koreans to climb, and in 1930, he became the head of the Pyongyang Chamber of Commerce. Park Kyung-seok is the only Korean who served as the chairman of the Pyongyang Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which has a great influence on Pyongyang's business community. Due to this close relationship with the Japanese authorities, there was an incident in which he was designated as a pro-Japanese group in 1932 and received a warning letter from Tokyo.

Since then, he has served as a director of Hwashin Commercial Co., Ltd. and continued to expand his businesses such as rubber, fishing, and finance, and worked harder on war cooperation activities after the war atmosphere ripened due to the Manchurian Incident. Representatively, he was the head of the Pyongyang Chamber of Commerce and was the founder of the 1933 Citizens' Congress as a member of the Pyeongannam-do Provincial Council, and also served as an executive of the Joseon Shrine Bongchan Association, which promoted the cultivation of the spirit of Hwangdo. In 1937, he served as an executive member of the government-run organization Interstate Reconciliation Association, and in 1939, when he was vice-chairman of the city council in Pyeongannam-do, he became a member of the National Spirit Mobilization Joseon Federation. In 1941, he was the founder of the Joseon Imjeonbo Bureau, the largest war support organization.

He survived until 1949, but was arrested by the Anti-People's Special Committee under the Anti-National Act. However, he was not punished for the collapse of the special committee.

After death
It was included in the central circle category among the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective pro-Japanese dictionaries compiled by the Institute for National Affairs in 2008. It is also included in the economic category of the 195-member list of pro-general national activities selected by the Korean Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Pro-General National Acts in 2007.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * Korea Imjeonbo National Foundation