Career
He participated in drawing up a draft of the proclamation of the independence of of Korea in 1918 while he was studying in Japan, and after 1919, worked for the Provisional Government of the Republic of of Korea as the secretary of the provisional government and head of the Korean Independence Party. He also organized the society of policies on current affairs with Kim Gu and Yeo Unhyeong, contributing to establish the theories on diplomacy of the provisional government. He abandoned his direction for North-South of Korea"s cooperation, leading to one-sided establishment of Republic of of Korea in favor.
He ran for a representative of the national assembly and was elected in 1950.
In the same year when the Korean war broke out, he was abducted and taken to North of Korea.