Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was made Secretary of the North Korean Branch Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea in 1945 after the assassination of Hyon Chun-hyok. This makes Kim the first leader of the current-day Workers' Party of Korea.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lankov, Andrei (2002). From Stalin to Kim Il Song: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 21. ISBN 978-1850655633.


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