Defense Security Command
 Defense Security Command  (Intelligence service, Military intelligence service)    | |
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| Formation | October 21, 1950 |
| Headquarters | Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
The Republic of Korea Armed Forces's Defense Security Command (DSC) was founded as the Army Counter Intelligence Corps (commonly known as CIC or KACIC;[1][2] meaning: Special Operation Forces) on October 21, 1950, and it functioned as the primary organization within the military charged with internal security, preservation of loyalty to the regime, and deterrence and investigation of subversion.
The DSC is often known by its short name Boansa (Boan Saryeongbu) until January 1, 1991, and Gimusa (Gimu Saryeongbu) since January 1, 1991. In September 2018, it was reorganized as Defense Security Support Command.
Activities
Chun Doo-hwan became chief of the Defense Security Command in February 1979, eight months before Park Chung-hee was assassinated on October 26, 1979.
Chun orchestrated the 12 December 1979 military coup, then cemented his military dictatorship in the 17 May 1980 military coup in which he declared martial law and later set up a concentration camp for "purificatory education". From his position as commander of the DSC, Chun effectively became chief investigator of the assassination.
In March 2023, prosecutors filed for a warrant Cho Hyun-chun, a former head of the Defense Security Command, over the suspected masterminding of a martial law plan while the then President Park Geun-hye faced an impeachment trial in 2017. He was apprehended upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, after his flight to the United States in the face of a probe in late 2017.[3]
Cho allegedly instructed a task force he formed in February 2017 to draw up a contingency plan based on an illegal declaration of martial law to crack down on candlelight protesters by force and reported it to then Defense Minister Han Min-koo. he martial law plan commissioned by Cho included mobilizing 200 Army tanks, 550 armored vehicles and more than 6,000 armed forces to form a martial law army. Prosecutors were reviewing whether drawing up such a document constitutes conspiracy of a rebellion.[3]
References
- ↑ https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1953102300209202006&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1953-10-23&officeId=00020&pageNo=2&printNo=9374&publishType=00020
- ↑ https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2006/nwdesk/article/1987680_29291.html
- ↑ a b https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230331001551315?input=tw
