Kim Ung
Kim Ung (Korean pronunciation: [ki.muŋ] or [kim] [uŋ];16 October 1910/1912 in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang – ?) was a North Korean general and vice-minister of defence.[1][2] He was a member of the Yan'an faction.
| Kim Ung | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김웅 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 金雄 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Ung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ung |
| Alternative name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 왕신호 |
| Hancha | 王信虎 |
| Revised Romanization | Wang Sinho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wang Sinho |
Chinese military
Kim fled Korea to avoid the Japanese occupation, and was trained at the Whampoa Military Academy in the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became a communist and probably was on the Long March. During the late 1930s and the 1940s he was in the Eighth Route Army and became brigadier or divisional commander.[1]
Korean war
On the outbreak of war, 25 June 1950, Kim was a lieutenant general commanding 1 Corps of the Korean People's Army (KPA).[1] On the death in action of Lieutenant General Kong Kang Kim succeeded him as chief of staff to General Kim Ch'aek, front commander.
By 1951 Kim Ung was KPA front commander,[3] succeeding Kim Ch'aek, who was purged for his failure at the Incheon Landing, Kim Ung held the post until the end of the war.[1]
Post war
After the war Kim Ung was appointed vice Defence Minister of North Korea. In 1958 he was purged by Kim Il-sung, rehabilitated and purged again in 1978.[1]
References
- Spencer Tucker (2003). Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare. Routledge. pp. 168–9. ISBN 9781134565153.
- Kim, Seonguk. "김웅(金雄)" [Kim Ung] (in Korean). Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- Rober M. Collins (2014). "Korean Peoples Army". The Ashgate Research Companion to the Korean War. Ashgate research companions. Professor Donald W Boose Jr, Professor James I Matray (editors). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 9781472405838.