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Han Seok-myeong (1890 ~ ?) was a former police official during the Japanese colonial period, and his domicile was Cheongju.

Life
He was from Hanseongbu. After graduating from the Government Hanseong Law School and the German Association Middle School, he learned theology and was appointed as an internal interpreter at the end of the Korean Empire.

At this time, he worked as an interpreter at various police stations, and soon after the signing of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty, he changed to a police officer. He served as a detective in the higher department of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police through Changnyeong-gun and Busan-bu, Gyeongsangnam-do. In 1925, he was promoted to the police and appointed as the chief of the security department of Gyeongsangnam-do, a position dealing with political prisoners and ideological criminals.

In 1928, he was appointed as the governor of the Japanese Government-General of Korea and moved to a relationship, and he served as the governor of Dongnae-gun and Hadong-gun, starting with Sacheon-gun. In 1935, when he was serving as the governor of Hadong-gun, the "Chosun Meritorious Person's Fame" compiled by the Governor-General included him as one of the 353 Korean meritorious people.

In recognition of one's contributions to local administration, in 1935, it was awarded the 6th place of the Order of Merit, and as of 1935, it was ranked 6th place of the Order of Merit.

In 1915 and 1928, when he was working as a police officer, he received the Daisho Daeri Memorial Hall and the Showa Daeri Memorial Hall, respectively.

After death
It was selected as the police and bureaucracy section among the list of candidates for the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the 2008 pro-Japanese biographical dictionary. The list of the Institute for Ethnic Affairs also includes Han Bok, the eldest son.

Han Moo-sook and Han Mal-sook, famous for their sister novelists, are Han Seok-myung's daughters.

See more

 * Han Moo-sook

Reference

 * Han Seok-myeong - National History Compilation Committee