title: Pak Tongjin
text: # Pak Tongjin
  
  Pak Tongjin (also Tong-jin) was the South Korean minister of foreign affairs in the 1970s. Much of his efforts involved building trade routes between the Soviet Union and non-Soviet countries through South Korea.
  
  ## General references
  
  * Gwangju Uprising: The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea
  * South Korea: A Country Study
  