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Park Seok-yoon (26 October 1898 – 20 October 1950) was a Japanese colonial journalist, operative, and Manchukuo official, known for organizing the Minshaengdan Group, an intelligence and intelligence organization of the Japanese Empire. He was Choi Nam-sun's brother-in-law.

Immediately after liberation, Choi Ha-young, a junior at the school who was working at the Governor-General's Office, and Ryusaku Endo, the Governor-General of Joseon, were in charge of resolving the security confusion until the U.S. military presence on Sept. 2.

Life
He is from Damyang, Jeollanam-do, and his hometown is Jongno, Gyeongseongbu. Choi Nam-sun's younger sister, Choi Seol-kyung, is married. He began to work with the Japanese government by conducting conversion efforts against independence activists in close contact with the Governor-General of the Joseon Dynasty. Immediately after the March 1 Independence Movement, Kim Joon-yeon attempted to transfer but failed, and later graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo under the auspices of the Japanese Government-General of Korea and studied at Cambridge University in England. After returning to Korea, he served as the political director of the "Shidae Ilbo" and vice president of the "Maeil Shinbo" and actively cooperated with the Governor-General of Joseon through the media.

After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, as Koreans and Chinese naturally formed an anti-Japanese united front, the need to create a secret organization called the Minshaengdan Group to disrupt the independence movement by separating Koreans and Chinese people emerged. On February 5, 1932, Park Seok-yoon attracted pro-Japanese figures such as Cho Byeong-sang of the Dongminhoe and Kim Dong-han, and even Cheondogyo figures gathered to establish the Minshaengdan Group in Gando. Park Doo-young, a former soldier, was the head of the team. The organization eventually led to the misjudgment of the Chinese Communist Party, resulting in the killing of hundreds of Korean independence activists in the case of the Minshaengdan Group.

Park Seok-yoon also participated in the Gando Cooperation Association, the successor of the Minshaengdan Group, to manage the secret intelligence organization, and participated in the Manchukuo Association, a control organization, to guide the operation of Seonmu. When Manchukuo was established, he was appointed as a public official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Manchukuo and continued secret activities such as reporting the sympathy of Rhee Syng-man and others who engaged in diplomatic independence movements abroad to Japan. In recognition of his achievements, he was appointed as consul general in Warsaw, Poland. In 1939, when Nazi Germany, led by President Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland, Park Seok-yoon returned to Manchuria. He was involved in the defection against independence activists who fought in armed protests at the Gando Cooperation.

In 1940, he received the 4th Order of Culture from the Manchukuo government, served as the Director of General Affairs and Foreign Affairs of the Manchukuo State Council in 1941, and as the Director of Foreign Affairs of the Manchukuo State Council in 1942.

In 1940, he actively participated in the suppression and defection of Japanese anti-Japanese armed forces and served as a member of the Central Headquarters of the Manchukuo Association in 1942. Immediately after liberation from Japanese colonial rule, when the Joseon Governor-General had Yeo Un-hyung take over administrative power, Yeo Un-hyung's agent took the role of negotiating with the Joseon Governor-General.

On August 10, 1945, when the news of Japan's defeat was delivered, the Japanese Government-General of Gyeongseong was embarrassed, and on the morning of August 11, Secretary-General Endo Ryusaku called Choi Ha-young, head of the Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, to recommend the right person to take over security rights. Choi Ha-young recommended Park Seok-yoon, and he was in charge of security from August 16 to September 2, 1945, along with the Director-General of the Police Bureau of the U.S. Military Government. However, due to the intervention of the U.S. military, the transfer of security rights to Geonjun was canceled again, and he was reduced to the role of assisting Tadao Nishihiro.

It is said that after arriving in Pyongyang, Pyeongannam-do in March 1946, he went to Yangdeok Hot Spring to treat hypertension and arteriosclerosis, which are chronic diseases. In July 1946, he was arrested on charges of "pro-Japanese" in Yangdeok-gun, Pyeongannam-do, and was detained at Yangdeok Security Center for three days before being released on sick bail. On February 24, 1947, he was detained at the People's Correctional Center in Pyongyang, questioned by the prosecution, and indicted by the Supreme Court on April 19, the same year.

On January 22, 1948, he was sentenced to death by the Pyeongannam District Court on charges of "pro-general translation". On March 6, 1948, Park Seok-yoon appealed to the Supreme Court against the first trial ruling, but it was rejected and the death penalty was confirmed on June 9, 1948. He was imprisoned in Pyongyang Prison and was executed by the Korean People's Army when the Korean Army entered Pyongyang on October 19, 1950.

After death
It was included in the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups selected by the National Assembly in 2002, the list of prospective pro-Japanese biographies compiled by the Institute for National Studies in 2008, and the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities announced by the committee in 2009.

Kim Il-sung's memoir "Along with the Century" details Park Seok-yoon's history, and regarding his end, he was caught hiding (after liberation and under cover of identity ), and was severely judged as a national traitor."

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 * Minshaengdan Group case
 * Minshaengdan Group
 * Choi Nam-sun
 * National Foundation Alliance
 * National Foundation Preparatory Committee
 * Yeo Un-hyung
 * Ahn Jae-hong
 * Song Jin-woo
 * Yeo Un-hong
 * Choi Ha-young

Reference

 * In Search of Hidden Sites of History: Remarks on the Preparatory Committee for the Foundation of Korea on Aug. 15 Monthly Chosun August 2017 issue
 * In Search of Hidden Sites of History: Remarks on the Preparatory Committee for the Foundation of Korea on Aug. 15 Monthly Chosun August 2017 issue