Pyon In-son


Pyon In-son is North Korean politician and military office, colonel general and from March 2012 commander of the 4th Corps of the Korean People's Army.

Biography

He received his general qualifications and the rank of major-general in 1992. He was promoted to the rank of two-star lieutenant-general on April 13, 1997. In July 2003 he was promoted to the rank of colonel general. Former commander of the 7th Corps of the Korean People's Army, in August 2011 appointed commander of the 4th Corps of the Korean People's Army, which is stationed in South Hwanghae Province. He replaced General Kim Kyok-sik in this position
During the 3rd Korean Workers' Party of Korea Conference on September 28, 2010, he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. Member of the eleventh and twelfth convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korea's unicameral parliament. After the death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011, Pyon In-son was ranked 63rd in the 233-person Funeral Committee. According to specialists, places on such lists defined the rank of politician in the hierarchy of the power apparatus.
In February 2012, he accompanied Kim Jong-un during the inspection of the 4th Corps barracks.