Ho Jong-suk

Ho Jong-suk (; 16 July 1908 – 5 June 1991) was a prominent female figure in Korean communism and in the sexual liberation movement of Korea under Japanese rule. From 1948, she served multiple offices in North Korea, including the Minister of Health and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Korea.

Biography

She was born Hŏ Jŏng-ja , the daughter of Ho Hon. In her early years, Ho went to Japan to study at Kwansei School in Tokyo. She later left, and in her next years Ho went to the Shanghai International Settlement of Republic of China where she was given an entrance to Shanghai Foreign High School where she graduated. Later she returned to her country. In 1921, she participated in the women's movement and joined the Korean Communist Party.

At that time, Japanese Government-General of Korea decided to make the Communist Party illegal. She avoided persecution for participation in the Communist Party. Later in 1924, she was introduced to International Women's Day. In March 1925, she went to a Women's Day event in Seoul. In 1927 she was a founding member of and also participated to Singanhoe .

Ho also was in favor of "Unrelated Love and Sex". Her opinion was denounced in Korean society because at that time, the vestiges of fundamentalist Confucianism remained in the Koreas.

In 1936, she went to China where she participated in the Korean National Revolutionary Party .

Ho served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Korea between 28 October 1959 and 1960.