Politics & nobility (pro-Japanese collaborator)
Same-name figures:
박용구(朴容九) — Patriot / March 1st Movement / Presidential Commendation (2008)
| Life | 1879 ~ 1943 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 밀양 박씨 |
Bak Yong-gu was a figure of the late Korean Empire and Japanese colonial period.
Pro-Japanese activity: he served as a councillor of the Central Advisory Council (Jungchuwon) and as a provincial councillor (dochamyeogwan) under the Government-General. For these activities he was named a pro-Japanese collaborator by the Presidential Committee for the Inspection of Collaborationist Activities and listed in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Biography compiled by the Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities.
After graduating from the government Seoul Japanese Language School in 1898, he began his official career as a clerk in the Korean Empire's Ministry of Finance. When the Government-General of Chosen was established following annexation in 1910, he was recruited into its bureaucracy, later serving as a councillor of Gyeonggi Province from 1925, director of the Interior Affairs Bureau of Hwanghae Province, and councillor of both South and North Jeolla provinces. Immediately upon retiring from provincial office in 1933 he was appointed a councillor of the Government-General's Central Advisory Council.