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Park Bong-ju (December 7, 1868 – September 29, 1936) was a Joseon and Korean Empire official and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Joseon during the Japanese occupation. The pen name is Choeun. According to the Central Committee of the Korean Government-General, he was involved in the National Association.

Life
He worked as a bureaucrat at the end of the Korean Empire, including Naejangwongyeong in 1904 and Bongsangsa Temple and Sajikseo in 1905. Later, he worked at the palace and Jangnyewon until the Korea-Japan annexation treaty was signed.

He came down to Gwangju from around 1908 and began to work, and was kidnapped by local soldiers in early 1909. At that time, the righteous army threatened to kill Park Bong-ju because he was a "soldier of the country," and it is presumed that he had already been seen as a pro-Japanese group figure while being close to the Japanese since this time.

He toured Japan in 1912, two years after the annexation of Korea and Japan, became a promoter of Joseon Agricultural Improvement Co., Ltd. in 1919, and a union leader of Songjeong Financial Association in Jeollanam-do in 1920.

In 1921, he became a director of Honam C&T, and in the same year, he was also appointed as a member of the Central Council and served for three years.

However, there is a record that people in the world wondered when Park Bong-ju was appointed as a member of the Central Council because he was convicted by the Gwangju District Court for forgery of seals due to his strong fraudulent activity.

In 1922, he served as the promoter and vice-chairman of the Jeollanam-do Judo Changmyeong Association, in 1924, a member of the National Association established by Min Won-sik advocating New Japaneseism, and in 1929, he also participated in pro-Japanese organizations.

Both the Jeonnam Judo Changmyeonghoe and Daeseongwon were pro-Japanese organizations of Confucianism, so activities related to Confucianism are prominent.

He died in 1936 while working in the economic and educational circles as a local maintenance and asset man, including Song Jeong-ri, chairman of the Education Association in 1922, managing and auditing shipbuilding companies in 1923, and auditing Jeonnam Prosperity Association.

When Gwangju High School opened in 1920, he attended the founding council, and after the March 1st Movement, he was the founder and executive member of the Gwangju branch of the Joseon Civil University Foundation when the Civil University Foundation Movement, part of an improved patriotic enlightenment movement, took place.

According to a survey conducted around the end of 1930, Park Bong-ju was a large landowner who owned about 162 rice fields in Gwangju, Damyang-gun, Gokseong-gun, and Boseong-gun.

After death
Both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced by the National Assembly for National Spirit in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the pro-Japanese life dictionary released by the Institute for National Affairs in 2008. In 2007, it was also included in the list of 195 pro-Japanese anti-national acts announced by the Korean Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Pro-Japanese Anti-National Acts.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * Korean Civil University Foundation
 * a product promotion association
 * the National Association
 * Daesongwon
 * Min Won-sik
 * Kim Myung-jun
 * Bak Jungyang