Defense Counterintelligence Command
| Defense Counterintelligence Command | |
|---|---|
| guggunbangceobsaryeongbu | |
| Active | Military Security Command (1977-1990) Defense Security Command (1991-2018) Defense Security Support Command (2018-2022) Defense Counterintelligence Command (2022-present)[1][2] |
| Country | South Korea |
| Type | Military counterintelligence inter-service command |
| Part of | Ministry of National Defense |
| Garrison/HQ | Gwacheon, South Korea |
| Motto | Limitless Dedication for the Protection of Liberty of the Republic of Korea[3] |
| Website | Official website in English Official website in Korean |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lt. Gen. Yeo In-hyung |
| Notable commanders | General Chun Doo-hwan General Roh Tae-woo Lt. Gen. Chang Do-yong[4] Lt. Gen. Yeo In-hyung[5] |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | guggunbangceobsaryeongbu |
| Hanja | Guo Jun Fang Die Si Ling Bu |
| RR | Gukgun bangcheop saryeongbu |
| MR | Kukkun pangch'op saryongbu |
The Defense Counterintelligence Command (DCC; Korean: guggunbangceobsaryeongbu) is the military intelligence security agency of the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) tasked with advancing military counterintelligence through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world. It was founded as the Army Counter Intelligence Corps (commonly known as CIC or KACIC;[6][7] meaning: Special Operation Forces[incomprehensible]) on 21 October 1950.[1][2]
The DCC is primarily responsible for analysis and development of intelligence collection and counterintelligence systems to create military security networks, clandestine and covert operations, countering hybrid threats, counterterrorism, defense (arms) industry security, executive protection, foreign military threat assessment to national security, forensic science for investigations, information warfare, military counterintelligence, military cybersecurity, psychological warfare, protect classified military information and documents, and support the investigation and interrogation of military crimes.[8][9][10]
The unit was reorganized into the Defense Counterintelligence Command on 1 November 2022.[1][2]
History
[edit]The Defense Counterintelligence Command was formally activated in October 1977 under the name Military Security Command (MSC; guggunboansaryeongbu; Guo Jun Bao An Si Ling Bu ).[1][2] This merger of the Army Security Command, the Navy Security Unit, and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations produced a single, integrated unit under the direct command and operational control of the minister of national defense.[1][2]
Chun Doo-hwan became chief of the Military Security Command in February 1979, eight months before Park Chung Hee was assassinated on October 26, 1979. From his position as commander of the DSC, Chun effectively became chief investigator of the assassination, said Don Oberdorfer in his book The Two Koreas.[11] On December 12, 1979, a group of generals led by Chun arrested martial law commander General Jeong Seung-hwa, the army chief of staff, and seized key sites in the capital.[12]
The DSC's involvement in 1979 was considered and defined as attempt of a coup by state council.
Criticism
[edit]During the Gwangju Uprising, many plainclothed DSC operatives disguised themselves as protesters to conduct clandestine and covert operations, counterintelligence, counter-revolutionary, and psychological warfare against civilian militias.[13] Their main objective was arrest and detain militia members illegally and fabricating lies and calumnies about militia to ruin the militia's reputation and make the uprising look like North Korean operatives involved.[14]
On November 11, 2011, the Seoul National Labor Relations Commission exposed a DSC member who had been illegally collecting the information of civilians registered in the National Health Insurance Corporation for three and a half years.[15]
Before the impeachment of Park Geun-hye in March 2017, the DSC was planning a self-coup and a declaration of martial law in case the impeachment of Park Geun-hye failed and anticipation of prolonged protests in response. The DSC's self-coup plan document was revealed to the public in 2018.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "History". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e yeonhyeog. Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Command Spirit". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ During the KACIC period.
- ^ For his role in the 2024 martial law crisis
- ^ Ti Yu Da Hui eojeBi Mu Qing Nian yiYi Qi Yi Han eobsiFa Yang . Naver (in Korean). The Dong-A Ilbo. 1953-10-23. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ nyuseudeseukeu 5-60nyeondae yuggun teugmubudaeweondeul joseonsidae mapaeceoreom medal gajgo danyeo[jeonbonggi] (in Korean). 2006-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Military Security". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Defense Industry Security". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Forensic investigation". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, 1997, ISBN 0-201-40927-5, p. 121
- ^ Lee Wan-bum. "12*12 gunsabanran (Shi Er Shi Er Jun Shi Pan Luan )". Academy of Korean Studies. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "gimusa sajinceob, 37nyeon mane gonggae 1 : pyeongsangbogeuro wijanghan gunini giroghan 5*18" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ 39nyeon jeon geunalyi camsange gwangjuneun dasi uleossda (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ Kim (gim), Tae-gyu (taegyu) (2011-11-12). gimusa, geonbogongdanseo 3nyeon6gaeweolgan minganin 62myeong gaeinjeongbo bbaenaessda.. The Hankyeoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ gyeeommungeon 67jang 'sebujaryo' gonggae...tanhaeggigagsi 'silhaeng' sujun [Detailed Martial law document 67 pages open to public]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ gimusa, Po tanhaeg hu modeun sanghwang jeogyong ganeunghan gyeeomgyehoeg seweossda [Defense Security Command made a Martial Law Plan to put it on every occasion after the Park's Impeachment]. Segye Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
External links
[edit]- Globalsecurity.org, Defense Security Command, accessed October 2009
