Death
In 1953, Kim Chang-Ryong, then head of the Korean CIC, was promoted to a Junjang (Brigadier General) and, in 1955, to a Sojang (Major General). This quick rise through the ranks didn't help with the growing dislike some of his peers felt toward him. What is more, Kim had never been part of the very tight community of frontline officers that had formed during the Korean War, further accentuating his estrangement from most of his colleagues. His enemies had already tried several times to assassinate him but all attempts had failed up to then. In the early morning of January 30, 1956, Kim left home in his Willys Jeep and noticed a car blocking the way. As he shouted at the visitors to get off the road, three shots were fired. Hit in the head, Kim Chang-Ryong, then aged 36, was taken to a nearby hospital where he died.
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