In 1989 , O was pardoned .
In 1989 , O was appointed head of the Civil Defense Department of the Workers ' Party of Korea , then head of the Operations Department , which was transferred under the National Defence Commission in 2009 .
In 1989 , O was pardoned and appointed head of the Civil Defense Department of the Workers ' Party of Korea , then head of the Operations Department , which was transferred under the National Defence Commission in 2009 .