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Paik Sun-yup, Major South Korean War Hero, Dies At 99
Paik Sun-yup, Major South Korean War Hero, Dies At 99
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (KIM TONG-HYUNG)
July 10, 2020, 10:27 PM EDT Updated on July 11, 2020, 12:26 AM E
Seoul, South Korea (AP) -- Former South Korean army Gen. Paik Sun-yup, who was celebrated as a major war hero for leading troops in several battle victories against North Korean soldiers during the 1950-53 Korean War, has died. He was 99.
The South Korean army announced his death on Saturday. It didn't immediately release the cause of death.
Born in 1920 in what is now North Pyongan province in North Korea, Paik graduated from a Japanese military academy in Manchuria when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule and was a lieutenant in the Japanese army during World War II.
Paik, in the early 1940s, participated in several Japanese military operations to eliminate Korean guerrilla groups fighting for independence in northeastern China, a record his critics saw as a huge blot on his legacy.
The South Korean army announced his death on Saturday. It didn't immediately release the cause of death.
Born in 1920 in what is now North Pyongan province in North Korea, Paik graduated from a Japanese military academy in Manchuria when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule and was a lieutenant in the Japanese army during World War II.
Paik, in the early 1940s, participated in several Japanese military operations to eliminate Korean guerrilla groups fighting for independence in northeastern China, a record his critics saw as a huge blot on his legacy.
More:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-11/paik-sun-yup-major-south-korean-war-hero-dies-at-99?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter
They should have said "millions of critics in South Korea," but as an enabler of Japanese repression and supporter of a series of brutal South Korean dictators, he's only regarded as a hero by the right. Public support for him by US officials only lowers our standing in South Korea.
