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Park Ui-byeong (March 14, 1853 – December 3, 1929) was a Korean official who served as the last Hanseongbu Panyun during the Korean Empire and as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea during the Japanese colonial period. The domicile was Miryang.

Life
The domicile was Miryang, and the hometown was Suchang-dong, Gyeongseong-bu. He studied Chinese literature and became an official in the late Joseon Dynasty. In 1885, he began working as a secretary at Wonsan Port, served as a local official in Hamgyeongnam-do, and worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Central Committee of the Korean Empire.

In 1905, he was appointed as Hanseong Buyun, and in 1906, he was awarded the second-class Rising Sun Medal awarded by the Japanese government. At the time of the signing of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty in 1910, it was listed in the second category. After the annexation of Korea and Japan, he cooperated with the Japanese Government-General of Korea by serving as a provincial governor of Gyeonggi-do, which is a role of advisory to colonial

He survived until the late 1920s in his late 70s and was appointed to the Central Council. Although he is a high-ranking official who appointed an important position, there is a reputation for being a gentle person who follows the other person's words well when dealing with others.

It was included in the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups released by the National Assembly for National Regime in 2002 and the list of prospective pro-Japanese biographical dictionaries announced by the Institute for National Affairs in 2008.

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

Reference

 * Park Eui-byeong - Central Research Institute of Korean Studies