Mun Song-sul

In this Korean name, the family name is Mun.
Mun Song-sul
Personal details
Died1997
North Korea
Cause of deathTorture and murder
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Mun Song-sul
Chosŏn'gŭl
문성술
Revised RomanizationMun Seongsul
McCune–ReischauerMun Sŏngsul

Mun Song-sul (died 1997) was a North Korean politician. He served as a secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1][2] In 1997, he was arrested together with his relatives and later "tortured and beaten to death" on the orders of Jang Song-thaek,[1] after he had spied on him and curtailed his influence.[2]

Works

  • Mun Song-sul (February 1977). "Brilliant Embodiment of the Great Leader Style Work Method by our Party" (PDF). Kulloja. OCLC 9516938.[permanent dead link‍]
  • — (August 1984). "Party Functionaries Must be Skillful in Method and Amicable in Attitude" (PDF). Kulloja. OCLC 9516938.[permanent dead link‍]
  • — (October 1985). "The Korean Workers Party Is an Invincible Party that Has Realized the Most Solid and Viable Unity and Solidarity" (PDF). Kulloja. OCLC 9516938.[permanent dead link‍]

References

  1. ^ a b Floru, J.P. (2017). The Sun Tyrant: A Nightmare Called North Korea. London, U.K.: Biteback Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 9781785902215. OCLC 984074543. Moon Sung-sul, General Secretary of the Workers' Party, was tortured and beaten to death.
  2. ^ a b Jang, Jin-sung (2014). Dear Leader: From Trusted Insider to Enemy of the State, My Escape from North Korea. London, U.K.: Rider Books. p. 174. ISBN 9781846044212. OCLC 898155836.


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