Pyone Young-tae or Byeon Yeong-tae (; December 15, 1892 – March 10, 1969) was a South Korean politician who served as the fifth prime minister of South Korea from June to November 1954 and as theYahu! Baekgwasajeon 야후! 백과사전 [Yahoo! Encyclopedia], s.v. "Byeon Yeong-tae" 변영태, minister of foreign affairs from 1951 to 1955.
As minister of foreign affairs, Pyone signed the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and South Korea on August 8, 1953. Pyone served as prime minister for the first Republic of Korea for five months before the position was abolished on November 28, 1954. The position was restored in 1960 under the second Republic of Korea.
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Interview on Longines Chronoscope (December 19, 1952)