Colonial-era journalist and social activist in the Singanhoe and newspaper branches; older brother of Park Chung-hee; died during the 1946 Daegu uprising
| Life | 1905 ~ 1946 |
| Era | 일제강점기·광복 직후 |
| Clan | 고령 박씨 |
Park Sang-hui (朴相熙, 1905-1946) was a colonial-era journalist and social activist of the Goryeong Park clan. He was born on 10 September 1905 in Yakmok-myeon, Chilgok, as the third son of Park Seong-bin and Baek Nam-ui, and at nine moved with his family to Sangmo-ri in Seonsan. He was the elder brother of former president Park Chung-hee, and the politician Kim Jong-pil is his eldest son-in-law.
He entered Gumi common school in 1920 and graduated in 1925, then served as a preparatory and standing committee member of the Seonsan Youth League in the late 1920s and an executive in 1928. As an executive of the Singanhoe, founded in 1927 by non-compromising nationalists and socialists, he took part in anti-Japanese activity; after its dissolution in 1931 he worked as head of the Chosun Jungang Ilbo's Daegu branch in 1934 and as Gumi branch head and correspondent of the Dong-A Ilbo in 1935.
He joined the Geonguk Dongmaeng in 1944 and is said to have been in police custody at liberation. After liberation he founded the Gumi branch of the Committee for Preparation of Korean Independence, worked in the people's committees and in 1946 became secretary-general of the Seonsan branch of the Democratic National Front. In the October 1946 Daegu uprising he was shot dead by police while reportedly mediating between demonstrators and police at the Gumi station (6 October). His influence on Park Chung-hee is widely told, but assessments of its extent differ.
Active in the Seonsan Youth League and the Singanhoe, he became a central figure in local youth and social groups, and worked as a regional journalist running branches of the Chosun Jungang Ilbo and Dong-A Ilbo. He is recorded as an early pupil of Gumi common school.
He was active in the Preparatory Committee, the people's committees and the Democratic National Front, and is said to have led opposition to trusteeship for a time and then chosen silence amid left-right conflict. He died in the October 1946 Daegu uprising.
His burial place is not given in the sources consulted.
His eldest son-in-law is the politician Kim Jong-pil. Private details are not covered.