Chu was born in 1908. Chu was part of the Political Committee of the
Workers' Party of North Korea that was founded in August 1946 as a compromise between rivaling factions of communists on the orders of the Soviets. Chu represented the
Domestic faction in the newly formed party. In the
First Congress of the party on 28–30 August 1946, Chu was elected to the Political Committee (
Politburo) of the
first Central Committee of the party. On the same occasion, Chu was elected vice-chairman of the
Secretariat of the party. Chu presided over the session on 30 August. In addition, Chu was elected vice-chairman of the party, along with Kim Il Sung in the first plenum of the Central Committee on 31 August. In the
Second Congress of the party, 27–30 March 1948, Chu was re-elected to the
Political Committee of the
second Central Committee. In the third plenum of the second Central Committee, on 24–25 September 1948,
Ho Ka-i replaced Chu as the vice-chairman of the party as well as the chairman of
Central Inspection Commission of the Workers' Party of North Korea. The organ of the North Korean government,
Minju Choson, criticized Chu for defending former members of the
Workers' Party of South Korea who had stayed in the North. Kim Il Sung's
Guerrilla faction, together with the
Soviet and
Yan'an factions, sought to remove Chu as well. During the
Korean War, Chu was the North Korean ambassador to the Soviet Union. In the show trial of
Ri Sung-yop and 12 other defendants in August 1953 just after the end of the Korean War, a fictitious conspiracy was revealed. According to the accusers, the conspirators planned overthrowing Kim Il Sung and making Pak Hon-yong
the premier. Chu was to accompany
Chang Si-u as Pak's vice-premiers. == See also ==