Kim Hyon-hui
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Kim Hyon-hui (Korean: 김현희, born 27 January 1962), also known as Okhwa, is a former North Korean agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987, which killed 115 people.[1][2] She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing and extradited to South Korea. There she was sentenced to death but later pardoned.
Kim Hyon-hui | |
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Born | (1962-01-27) 27 January 1962 (age 62) |
Nationality | North Korean (defected) |
Other names | Kim Okhwa, Mayumi Hachiya |
Known for | Bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 |
Notable work | The Tears of My Soul |
Criminal status | Pardoned |
Children | 2 |
Conviction(s) | Murder (115 counts) |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Date | 29 November 1987 |
Killed | 115 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김현희 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeonhui |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏnhŭi |
Japanese cover name | |||||
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Mayumi Hachiya | |||||
Kanji | 蜂谷 真由美 | ||||
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North Korea denies that Kim was born in the North, and regards her entire biography to be a fabrication of the South. Some districts in Japan fund North Korean-run schools which falsely claimed that Kim was a South Korean agent.[3] According to Kim's testimony, she was taught Japanese in connection to her mission by Yaeko Taguchi, one of at least 13 Japanese abducted by North Korea.[4]
In recent years,[when?] Kim has publicly expressed regret about the bombing and she has provided information about the state of affairs in North Korea as well as the possible state of abductees.