Born in 1940 during the Japanese colonial rule, he graduated from Kim Il Sung Military University. In August 1981, he served as Deputy Chief of
General Staff Department of the
Korean People's Army, and was promoted to the commander
V Corps in 1985. In February 1986, at the 11th plenum meeting of the
6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, he was elected as a candidate member for the
Central Committee of the
Party. In April 1992, he was promoted to Captain of the People's Army, and in February 1994, he served as the General of the People's Army. In 1997 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. In September 2010, he was dismissed as a party commissioner. ==References==