Kim Ung

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Ung
Personal details
Born	1912 (1912) Gimcheon, Keishōhoku-dō (North Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Citizenship	North Korean
Nationality	Korean
Military service
Allegiance	Korean People's Army
Years of service	1945–1950
Commands	KPA front commander
Battles/wars	See battles Korean independence movement Pacification of Manchukuo Chinese Civil War World War II Pacific War Korean War Battle of Uijeongbu Battle of Dongducheon Battle of Pocheon Battle of Changdong Battle of Miari Battle of Han River Battle of Sinsa-dong and Gwacheon Battle of Siheung-Anyang-Suwon Battle of Taejon First and Second Battles of Wonju Third Battle of Wonju Battle of Pusan Perimeter Battle of Kyongju Hungnam evacuation UN offensive into North Korea UN September 1950 counteroffensive

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

Kim Ung (Korean: 김웅; Korean pronunciation: [ki.muŋ] or [kim] [uŋ]; 1912 – ?) was a North Korean general and vice-minister of defence. He was a member of the Yan'an faction.

Chinese military

Kim fled China 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.

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). On the death in action of Lieutenant General Kang Kon, Kim succeeded him as chief of staff to General Kim Chaek, front commander.

By 1951 Kim Ung was KPA front commander, succeeding Kim Chaek, who was purged for his failure at the Incheon Landing, Kim Ung held the post until the end of the war.

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.