Kim Hyong-uk explained

Kim Hyong-uk
Birth Date:16 January 1925
Death Date:October 8, 1979 (aged 54)
Module:
Hangul:김형욱
Hanja:金炯旭
Rr:Gim Hyeong-uk
Mr:Kim Hyŏng-uk
Child:yes
Birth Place:Kōkai-dō (Hwanghae Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Death Place:Seoul, South Korea

Kim Hyong-uk (January 16, 1925[1]  –) was a South Korean brigadier general who served as director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency from 1963 to 1969.

Early life

Born in Hwanghae province, he left for the South after high school and was a classmate of Kim Jong-pil at the Korea Military Academy, graduating in 1949 as members of the 8th graduating class. He was an infantry troop commander in the Korean War. He attended the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1955.

Career

As colonel, he took part in the May 16 coup in 1961, when he led a group of soldiers to take Prime Minister John M. Chang into custody. He served for two years as Minister for Home Affairs in the junta and then was director of the KCIA from March 1963 to October 1969, where he was notorious for his brutality and corruption. His nicknames are Flying Pork Cutlet (or Flying Tonkatsu), Pork Belly of Fear,[2] and Namsan Wild Boar .[3]

After refusing to support Park's bid for a third term, he was replaced as head of the KCIA by Kim Gye-won. Reportedly, at a meeting with Park, the President asked him, "why don't you take a rest after your long service?"—and on returning to his office, he discovered it had already been cleared out. In 1971, he became a member of the powerless parliament. Kim went into exile in the United States in 1973.[4] [5] [6] [7]

On June 22, 1977, he testified to the Fraser committee about the Koreagate scandal and the activities of Tongsun Park. He also claimed that the Japanese police had had foreknowledge of the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung.[8] Park had offered him $1 million not to testify, which Kim refused. Kim accepted $500,000 not to publish his memoirs, but reneged on the deal and published them in Japan in April 1979.

Death

He disappeared on October 7, 1979, after last being seen in a casino of Paris, France.[9] A popular rumor is that Kim was smuggled back to Seoul and personally shot by President Park in the basement of the Blue House.[10]

In February 2005, the Monthly Chosun published claims that Kim had been lured from New Jersey to Paris by a hired female entertainer and then been kidnapped by a French criminal syndicate in pay of the South Korean government,[11] then murdered and ground up in a hammer mill which is a grinder at a chicken farm and turned into chicken feed by agents of the KCIA.[12]

In May 2005, a report from the National Intelligence Service's Truth Commission concluded that Kim had been killed on the orders of Kim Jae-kyu, his successor as director of the KCIA. He was reportedly shot with a silenced pistol and his body was dumped in the woods outside Paris.[13]

Three weeks after Kim Hyong-uk's disappearance, Kim Jae-kyu assassinated President Park.[14]

Cultural references

His memoirs were published in South Korea in 1985.[15]

Film

Television

TV series

Notes and References

  1. Book: Korea Annual 1971. 1971. Yonhap News Agency. 566. 25 November 2016.
  2. News: June 3, 2005. '돌대가리'로 박정희를 들이박다. Hitting Park Chung-hee with a 'stone head'. ko. The Hankyoreh 21. Naver. December 28, 2023.
  3. News: December 11, 2009. 공포정치의 대명사가 되다. Become a byword for the reign of terror. ko. The Hankyoreh 21. Naver. December 28, 2023.
  4. Book: Jager. Sheila Miyoshi. Sheila Miyoshi Jager. Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea. 2013. W. W. Norton & Company. 9780393068498. 564. registration. 25 November 2016.
  5. News: Halloran. Richard. Korea Intelligence: Eyes Seem Everywhere. 28 October 1979. The New York Times. 25 November 2016.
  6. Book: Clifford. Mark. Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats, and Generals in South Korea. 1998. M.E. Sharpe. 9780765601414. 27 November 2016.
  7. News: Former Chief of Korea's C.I.A. Kim Hyung Wook. The New York Times. 23 June 1977.
  8. News: EX-KOREA AIDE SAYS PARK ENVOY TOLD HIM HE SHOULD BE SILENT. 27 November 2016. The New York Times. 3 July 1977.
  9. News: May 26, 2005. Spy agency exposes 1979 murder of head of KCIA. Korea JoongAng Daily. December 28, 2023.
  10. News: April 15, 2005. 북한이 전하는 김형욱 '최후의 순간'. Kim Hyong-uk's 'last moment' as told by North Korea. ko. Sunday Journal. December 28, 2023.
  11. News: Sang-hun. Choe. Korea opens dark chapter of history. 27 November 2016. The New York Times. 5 April 2005.
  12. News: January 25, 2020. '남산의 부장들' 충직한 부하는 왜 박통을 쐈나... 그 세심한 재현. 'The Man Standing Next' Why did the loyal subordinate shoot President Park ? A meticulous reproduction of it. Maeil Economics. Naver. ko. December 28, 2023.
  13. Book: West, Nigel . 15 August 2017 . Encyclopedia of Political Assassinations . Rowman & Littlefield . 129–130 . 978-15381-0239-8 .
  14. News: Report: South Korea spy chief killed. 27 November 2016. UPI. 26 May 2005.
  15. News: June 27, 2009 . ［Why］［문갑식의 하드보일드］ 30년 만에 밝혀진 김형욱 전 중앙정보부장 '암살 사건' . [Why] [Moon Gap-sik's Hardboiled] Former Korean Central Intelligence Agency Director Kim Hyong-uk's 'assassination case' revealed after 30 years . December 28, 2023 . . ko.
  16. News: January 22, 2021. Woo Min-ho on recreating Korean history for Oscar entry 'The Man Standing Next'. Screen Daily. December 28, 2023.
  17. News: June 23, 1993. 「증발」 막바지 촬영 한창/김형욱사건 픽션 영화. 「Vanished」 is in the final stages of filming/fiction film about the Kim Hyong-uk incident. ko. Seoul Shinmun. December 28, 2023.
  18. News: December 15, 2020. '역사저널 그날' 남산의 부장 '김형욱 실종사건' 진실은?. 'History Journal That Day' What is the truth about Namsan manager 'Kim Hyong-uk's disappearance case'?. I News 24. Naver. ko. December 28, 2023.
  19. May 30, 2023. May 27, 2021. ［꼬꼬무2 12회 요약］"박정희 대통령에게 충성한 것을 후회한다＂ 중앙정보부장 김형욱은 어디로 갔을까? ｜ 꼬리에 꼬리를 무는 그날 이야기 (SBS방송). ［Recap of Kkokkomu 2 Episode 12］ "I regret being loyal to President Park Chung-hee." Where did Kim Hyeong-wook, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, go? ｜ The story of that day after another (SBS Broadcast). ko. December 28, 2023. 달리 ［SBS DALI］.
  20. February 11, 2020. May 3, 2005. 영화 '남산의 부장들' vs PD수첩. Film 'Managers of Namsan' vs. PD Note. ko. December 28, 2023. MBC PD수첩.
  21. News: May 10, 2005. '김형욱 양계장 살해설' 진위공방 2라운드. 'Kim Hyong-uk's poultry farm murder theory' 2nd round of truth/false battle. ko. OhmyNews. Naver. December 28, 2023.
  22. January 14, 2020. July 23, 2005. ［ENG］내가 김형욱을 죽였다?! 김형욱 전 중앙정보부장 실종사건의 진실은? ｜ 그알 캐비닛. ［ENG］I killed Kim Hyong-uk?! What is the truth about the disappearance of former Korean Central Intelligence Agency Director Kim Hyong-uk? ｜UQ Cabinet. ko. December 28, 2023. 그것이 알고싶다.
  23. September 23, 2023. January 3, 1996. ［#제4공화국/第4共和國］24회(상) 김형욱 실종 사건 (3) "박정희 비리 다 폭로하겠다" MBC 960103 방송. ［#4th Republic/第4共和國］Episode 24 (first) Kim Hyong-uk's disappearance case (3) "I will expose all of Park Chung-hee's corruption" Broadcast on MBC 960103. ko. December 28, 2023. 옛드시대.
  24. September 23, 2023. January 3, 1996. ［#제4공화국/第4共和國］24회(하) 김형욱 실종 사건 (4) 김형욱, 어디로 사라졌나? MBC 960103 방송. ［#4th Republic/第4共和國］Episode 24 (second) Kim Hyong-uk's disappearance case (4) Kim Hyong-uk, where did he disappear to? Broadcast on MBC 960103. ko. December 28, 2023. 옛드시대.
  25. News: November 17, 2018. "미국피디협회 '대통령 2명 감옥 보낸 한국 피디' 초청하다". USA PD Association invites South Korean PDs who sent two presidents to prison. The Hankyoreh. Naver. ko. December 28, 2023.

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