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Defense Counterintelligence Command
South Korean intelligence organization

The Defense Counterintelligence Command is an intelligence organization of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, originally established as the Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC or KACIC) on 21 October 1950. The DCC conducts key intelligence missions including clandestine and covert operations, counterintelligence, defense industry security, forensic investigations, HUMINT, and military security. On 1 November 2022, the unit was reorganized and renamed the Defense Counterintelligence Command, continuing its critical role in safeguarding national security and military interests.

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History

The Defense Counterintelligence Command was formally activated in October 1977 under the name Military Security Command (MSC; 국군보안사령부; 國軍保安司令部).1011 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.1213

Chun Doo-hwan became chief of the Defense Security Command (DSC; 국군기무사령부; 國軍機務司令部) 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.14 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.15

The DSC's involvement in 1979 was considered and defined as attempt of a coup by state council.

Criticism

During the Gwangju Uprising, many plainclothed DSC operatives disguised themselves as protesters to conduct covert operations against civilian militias.16 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.17

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.18

Before the impeachment of Park Geun-hye on 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 2018.1920

References

  1. 體育大會어제閉幕 靑年의意氣遺憾없이發揚. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-A Ilbo. 1953-10-23. Retrieved 2021-04-03. 體育大會어제閉幕 靑年의意氣遺憾없이發揚 ↩

  2. 뉴스데스크 5–60년대 육군 특무부대원들 조선시대 마패처럼 메달 갖고 다녀[전봉기] (in Korean). 2006-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-03. 뉴스데스크 5–60년대 육군 특무부대원들 조선시대 마패처럼 메달 갖고 다녀[전봉기] ↩

  3. "History". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/1081/subview.do ↩

  4. 연혁. Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. 연혁 ↩

  5. "Military Security". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 4 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/355/subview.do ↩

  6. "Defense Industry Security". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 4 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/370/subview.do ↩

  7. "Forensic investigation". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 4 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/404/subview.do ↩

  8. "History". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/1081/subview.do ↩

  9. 연혁. Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. 연혁 ↩

  10. "History". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/1081/subview.do ↩

  11. 연혁. Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. 연혁 ↩

  12. "History". Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. https://www.dcc.mil.kr/dsscen/1081/subview.do ↩

  13. 연혁. Defense Counterintelligence Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024. 연혁 ↩

  14. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, 1997, ISBN 0-201-40927-5, p. 121 /wiki/ISBN_(identifier) ↩

  15. Lee Wan-bum. "12·12 군사반란 (十二十二 軍事叛亂)". Academy of Korean Studies. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240204172825/https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0034018 ↩

  16. "기무사 사진첩, 37년 만에 공개 ① : 평상복으로 위장한 군인이 기록한 5·18" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-01. https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1004508719 ↩

  17. 39년 전 그날의 참상에 광주는 다시 울었다 (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved 2019-12-11. 39년 전 그날의 참상에 광주는 다시 울었다 ↩

  18. Kim (김), Tae-gyu (태규) (2011-11-12). 기무사, 건보공단서 3년6개월간 민간인 62명 개인정보 빼냈다.. The Hankyeoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-12. 기무사, 건보공단서 3년6개월간 민간인 62명 개인정보 빼냈다. ↩

  19. 계엄문건 67장 '세부자료' 공개…탄핵기각시 '실행' 수준 [Detailed Martial law document 67 pages open to public]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2018-07-23. 계엄문건 67장 '세부자료' 공개…탄핵기각시 '실행' 수준 ↩

  20. 기무사, 朴 탄핵 후 모든 상황 적용 가능한 계엄계획 세웠다 [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. 기무사, 朴 탄핵 후 모든 상황 적용 가능한 계엄계획 세웠다 ↩