Events related to Cheong Wa Dae

Overview

"The Blue House Attack by North Korean Militants", also known as the "1.21 Blue House Attack", occurred on January 21, 1968. At that time, North Korea dispatched 31 members of the special operations death squad of the "124th Army Unit" to secretly cross the military demarcation line and penetrate into South Korea. Dressed as fully armed South Korean field troops, they entered the city of Seoul with an unobstructed view of the Blue House. Beiyueshan Road. By chance, he met the director of the Jongno Police Station in South Korea who was passing by after get off work, and he recognized that the epaulettes of the field uniforms belonged to the frontline troops who were unable to leave without permission. So they stepped forward to interrogate, which led to both sides opening fire. This immediately alerted the South Korean troops stationed on Bukaksan Road to defend the Blue House. The North Korean special attack death squad's plan to go south to assassinate the then South Korean President Park Chung-hee was in vain, and it also shocked the world.

After

At about 10 o'clock in the middle of the night on January 21, 1968, near the Cheong Wa Dae, where the Presidential Palace of South Korea is located, six people were wearing South Korean military uniforms, but on their feet were black rubber shoes (because the South Korean army Pedestrians who have never been issued this kind of black rubber shoes (on the contrary, North Korean troops often wear these black rubber shoes) attracted the attention of the patrol police. Because this place is very close to the South Korean Presidential Palace, the police are still very vigilant. They stepped forward to interrogate, but unexpectedly, these six people pulled out submachine guns and opened fire, and threw grenades at the bus driving on the street, causing many casualties on the bus. The backup group of Korean military police arrived quickly. After a fierce gun battle, they killed 5 of them, seriously injured one and captured one alive. However, this person committed suicide during the escort.

The South Korean military police immediately launched a large-scale manhunt in the Seoul area. They found and killed 28 people, captured 1 person alive, and 2 others escaped. According to the confession of Kim Heung-koo, the only prisoner alive, they captured 31 people and were North Korean commandos code-named Unit 124. They planned to be divided into six groups to attack the South Korean Presidential Palace in Seoul and the U.S. Embassy in Seoul (today's Seoul) at the same time. , the headquarters of the 8th U.S. Army in Seoul and other targets to cover the rescue assault on a prison in Seoul where North Korean agents are detained. When the team of agents responsible for attacking the Blue House were discovered, they were less than 100 meters away from their target, the South Korean Presidential Palace! During the subsequent large-scale manhunt involving tens of thousands of people launched by the South Korean army, two North Korean agents managed to escape. One of them was shot in the abdomen and stuffed the intestines that had flowed out of the body back into his abdominal cavity with his hands. Pressing the wound with his hand, he traveled through mountains and rivers, escaping the heavy roundup and killing by the Korean army and returned to North Korea.

Epilogue

"New East Asia" quoted Baek Dong-lin (the then head of the investigation department of the South Korean Defense Intelligence Force) who was responsible for investigating the "1.21 Cheong Wa Dae Attack" as saying that at the time Among the 31 North Korean special attack team members, except for Kim Shin-chao who was captured alive before he tried to blow himself up, only 27 bodies could be confirmed, and the whereabouts of the remaining three are unknown. Shortly after the South Korean investigation concluded, the South Korean authorities learned through North Korean broadcasts that a North Korean death squad member who participated in the attack on the Blue House had escaped safely back to North Korea and became a great hero in North Korea. He is the current North Korean people Park Jae-kyung, deputy director-general in charge of propaganda of the Military Political Bureau.

Taiwan Summary

After the incident, Taiwan obtained relevant information through intelligence cooperation channels with South Korea. When the Taiwan military later analyzed the pros and cons of the North Korean special attack team's attack operations, it listed six major advantages of the North Korean special attack team in an internal data printed by the "Office of the Undersecretary of the Intelligence Staff of the Ministry of National Defense" in charge of Taiwan military intelligence:

First, choosing to carry out operations in winter when the river is frozen and there are few pedestrians on the road is very conducive to the secretive characteristics of the special attack team;

Second, they choose the US military defense line with a loose defensive mentality, and Do not choose to infiltrate the South Korean troops with higher morale and higher vigilance;

Thirdly, when passing through the Imjin River, the special attack team members wore their shoes backwards to deceive the enemy;

Fourth, each special attack team member carries an average weight of 20 to 25 kilograms, and can still march in the mountains at a speed of 8 to 12 kilometers per hour. The Taiwan military authorities specifically pointed out, "Our troops are very good at marching training." "The method should be added";

Fifth, after the special attack team members have read the map, they will no longer use the map when they arrive on the scene. They can sneak at night at a speed of twelve kilometers per hour, "for our commando team and Reference for Special Forces Training."

Sixth, if viewed from the perspective of land penetration, the land penetration of the North Korean special forces "can be the best example of land penetration of special operations."

According to a report by South Korea's "JoongAng Ilbo" on July 1, 2013, the Cheong Wa Dae official website was hacked on June 25, causing the personal information of about half of the 100,000 members of the Cheong Wa Dae website to be leaked. On June 25, 2013, at least 16 institutions including the South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, government departments, media, and political parties were attacked by hackers.

Official response

On June 28, Cheong Wa Dae issued an "Apology Announcement for the Cheong Wa Dae Information Leak Incident" on its website, stating that "the precious personal information of some members has been leaked. "We sincerely apologize to everyone." "Five types of information including member name, date of birth, user name (ID), address, and IP were leaked, but passwords and resident ID numbers were not compromised because they were encrypted. Give way".

The relevant person in charge of Cheong Wa Dae explained, "In accordance with the Broadcasting Commission's regulations on handling hacker attacks, we announced the hacker attack on the website." "If anyone suffers losses as a result, they can apply for personal Information dispute mediation, etc. can be remedied.” This is the first time that membership information of the Cheong Wa Dae website has been leaked.

Police investigation

A hacker who claimed to be a member of the international hacker group "Anonymous Korea" claimed on June 25 that the South Korean Blue House, the State Council Coordination Office and some media The official website hacking incident was his own fault. South Korean police said in response to this claim that they are confirming whether the hacker's claim is true. To become a Cheong Wa Dae security guard, the first requirement written on the poster for South Korea's seventh-level civil servants is: "People who have the courage to sacrifice their lives for the mission."

The second requirement is “One who is always ready with perfect self-control.” The third rule is "people who always manage well and are always ready to devote themselves to their tasks." These are "terrible" conditions. Although soldiers also hold the awareness that "death is life", they do not ask for "the courage to die" so straightforwardly.

Martial arts

When it comes to guards, martial arts masters who graduated from the physical education department with strong physiques always come to mind. In fact, the various strengths of the presidential guard are amazing. Among the guards on duty, some have reached 20 levels in martial arts. According to information released by Hwang Yong-cheol, a member of South Korea's Grand National Party (now the Saenuri Party) in October 2008, the total number of martial arts levels of more than 300 guards in the Security Office (now the Security Office) at that time was 1,503 levels, with an average of five levels per person. But they are not all martial arts practitioners from before they are qualified. A considerable number of guards become martial arts masters after passing the exam. There is no martial arts subject in the guard recruitment examination. It's just that the education and training regulations of the guard room stipulate that in order to have a certain level of martial arts strength, one must practice martial arts compulsorily.

English

The most important thing in the recruitment examination is the English score. If there are no recognized English scores such as TOEIC (700 points), TEPS (625 points), TOEFL (PBT 530 points, CBT 197 points, IBT 71 points), etc., you cannot even register. Qualified candidates have various majors (spec, which refers to the experience, credits, language scores, qualification certificates, etc. required for employment).

It is also very difficult to pass just by studying well. Even if you pass the first round of written examinations, you must pass sit-ups (muscular endurance), standing long jump (explosive strength), running (cardiopulmonary endurance), 10-meter round-trip running (agility), and back muscles in the second round of examinations. Five physical fitness tests including strength.

The South Korean presidential guard must not relax at all times while on duty. Because it is impossible to predict when and where emergencies will occur. This will naturally lead to "occupational diseases". A typical example is the habit of staring directly at each other. Because if there is something wrong in the eyes, it is likely that someone is behaving strangely.