He was arrested by the enemy while struggling for national reunification after the war. He remained true to his revolutionary faith and the sense of obligation despite all sorts of torture, appeasement and blackmail of the enemy for conversion for several decades behind bars.

Leader Kim Jong Il showed all sorts of loving care for him. He took the measure for bringing him back to the fold of the country and awarded him the title of hero of the Republic and the National Reunification Prize.

Kim Jong Un bestowed upon him such honor as inviting him to participate as a delegate in the events on significant occasions such as the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung and the 60th anniversary of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and is taking warm care of him so that he might not feel any slightest inconvenience in his life.