Kim Ung
{{Short description|North Korean general (1912–?)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1912}}
| birth_place = Gimcheon, Keishōhoku-dō (North Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
| death_date =
| nationality = Korean
| citizenship = North Korean
| allegiance = Korean People's Army
| branch =
| serviceyears = 1945–1950
| unit =
| commands = KPA front commander
| battles ={{hidden |See battles
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- 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
}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul =김웅
| hanja =金雄
| rr =Gim Ung
| mr =Kim Ung
| koreanipa =
| context =north
| image =
| caption =
| othername1 =Alternative name
| hangul1 =왕신호
| hanja1 =王信虎
| rr1 =Wang Sinho
| mr1 =Wang Sinho
| koreanipa1 =}}
Kim Ung ({{Korean|hangul=김웅}}; {{IPA|ko|ki.muŋ}} or {{IPA|ko|kim|}} {{IPA|ko|uŋ|}}; 1912 – ?) was a North Korean general and vice-minister of defence.{{Cite book|title=Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare|author=Spencer Tucker|publisher=Routledge|date=2003|isbn=9781134565153|pages=168–9}}{{cite web |url=http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/dirSer/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_7HIL_A1912_1_0026264&curSetPos=0&curSPos=0&category=dirSer&isEQ=true&kristalSearchArea=P |script-title=ko:김웅(金雄) |last=Kim |first=Seonguk |date= |website= |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |access-date=19 September 2022 |language=Korean |trans-title=Kim Ung}} 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,{{Cite book|author=Rober M. Collins|section=Korean Peoples Army|title=The Ashgate Research Companion to the Korean War|series=Ashgate research companions|others=Professor Donald W Boose Jr, Professor James I Matray (editors)|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|date=2014|isbn=9781472405838|page=257}} 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.
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