Pyon was born in 1929, in
Chaeryong County,
Kōkai-dō,
Korea, Empire of Japan. He spent his early childhood in
Haeju and Daedong, South Pyongan Province. He joined the
Korean People's Army on September 2, 1950. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at Kim Il Sung University. On February 29, 1968, he was promoted as the Lieutenant of the
Ground Forces of the Korean People's Army, and served as Deputy Director of the Department of Education, Kim Il Sung University, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education, Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences, North Korea's Ministry of Education and Director of the National Academy of Sciences. Since July 2009, he has served as secretary of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly until 2012 when he was replaced by
Thae Hyong-chol. At the representative meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in September 2010, he was elected a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. ==References==