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KCIA Chief Put $250,000 Into Two Bank Accounts (1978)

By Charles R. Babcock - The Washington Post - June 4, 1978

The top South Korean Central Intelligence Agency official in Washington opened personal bank accounts last fall with deposits - mostly cash - totaling more than $250,000.

The official, Chung Tae Dong, who is listed as special assistant to the Korean ambassador here, refused to comment on the purpose of the funds under his control.

An embassy spokesman also declined comment except to say that any large amounts in Chung's accounts are official, rather than personal, funds. None of the money has been spent on lobbying members of Congress, the spokesman added.

A House investigating committee has been seeking testimony from another Korean diplomat, former ambassador Kim Dong Jo, who is suspected of making cash payments to as many as 10 current House members.

Kim also kept large cash balances in personal accounts during his tenture in Washington from 1967 to 1973, investigators have found. At times he withdrew amounts as large as $5,000 in cash, which House investigators feel may have been used for payments to members of Congress.

There is no evidence that the money in Chung's accounts has been used for illegal purpose, but the mystery about the funds has now attracted the attention of House investigators.

Copies of bank records made available to The Washington Post by non-government sources show for instance, that the savings account the KCIA station chief opened last November with a $148,000 cash deposit was still largely untouched as recently as late March.

A checking account that Chung opened last Sept. 26 at the same Union First National Bank branch with a deposit of $107,656.09 has shown more activity, according to the records. It had a balance in late March of about $38,000.

The checking account was opened shortly after a KCIA official in New York sought asylum in the United States. This raises the possibility that the Koreans were transferring to Chung money that had been controlled by the defector, Sohn Ho Young. 

There is no ready explanation for the source of the later $148,000 cash savings account deposit, though investigators have found it is not uncommon for the South Korean government to send large amounts of currency to its embassy through the diplomatic pouch.

A House International Relations subcommittee investigating U.S.-Korean relations has been seeking an explanation for the cash balances held by Chung, whom its investigators have identified as the top KCIA official at the embassy.

Chung, who attended Oberlin College in Ohio and received a PhD. from Georgetown University, came to Washington 14 months ago to succeed Kim Yung Hwan as station chief.

Kim Young Hwan was recalled to Seoul after newspaper revelations about South Korean eforts to lobby members of Congress with large cash gifts. His top assistant here, Kim Sang Keun, defected in late 1976 and has been a key U.S. government witness in the influence-buying investigation.

Since Chung has been in Washington, KCIA officers attached to the embassy have kept a low profile, according to federal investigators and members of the local Korean community.

A top priority for KCIA agents in this country has been keeping track of Korean-Americans critical of the regime of President Park Chung Hee.

There have been few complaints of KCIA harassment by these dissidents in the last several months, however.

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THE KING: ETERNAL MONARCH (2020)

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Shamans are religious specialists who are perceived as having the capacity to deal directly with spirits on behalf of the community, either by sending their own soul on a journey to other realms or by calling them into the here and now and manifesting them in their own bodies.

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The Frog

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

The Frog (2024, South Korea)

Director: Mo Wan Il

Writer: Son Ho Young

Mini-review:

Wow, I didn't think I would enjoy The Frog so much. I guess I was in the mood for a dark, propulsive thriller. I've seen some people say it's 'slow', but like... where? This kept me glued to the screen from the very first episode, and it got more and more intense throughout the next ones. It even ventures into psychological horror territory from time to time, which made it even more fun to me. The writing isn't perfect (some of the characters aren't as well developed as they should), but the directing and the acting more than make up for it. Go Min Si turns in a particularly strong performance, and it's clear she gave it her all. I'm not gonna say this is the best thriller k-drama I've seen, but it was definitely enjoyable as hell.

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What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim, 2018

dir. Park Joon-hwa

s. Park Seojoon, Park Minyoung, Lee Taehwan…

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EVERYONE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH PALE MOON ITS AMAZING AND CONTAINS SO MUCH DEPTH AND I NEED PEOPLE TO SCREAM ABOUT IT WITH BUT NO ONE ON TUMBLR IS TALKING ABOUT IT

Please please please please please. I don't want to have to resort to MDL comments or the discussion on Viki to have these conversations.

It's currently on Viki with subtitles in a dozen languages, and the first two episodes are available without a subscription. There are 10 one hour long episodes total.

My spoiler free pitch from my initial impression, and which held to the end:

It's not a BL, doesn't slot neatly into any one genre, and doesn't feel quite like any other kdrama I've seen. But if you enjoy fascinating middle-aged women, and an often melancholy, elliptical, sometimes film-like approach, I highly recommend it to you. Our protagonist is complex and subtle, and played by an actress with an incredible presence, but everyone else around her is also fascinating and real in their own right, and I'm so curious to see the directions all these relationships develop.

Ask me any questions you have about it! I just didn't want to give too much away here because I really enjoyed discovering it as I went along.

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after rewatching bloodhounds again, of all the deaths in ep. 6, duyeong's & his wife's still gets me the most...he was so happy that he was about to become a father 🥺

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As long as I’m on your side, you’re bound to win.

Mr Queen (2020)

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DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS

GENRES: Drama, Political Procedural

SUMMARY: A temporary acting President has to deal with keeping a country afloat amid a crisis, internal espionage, and new suits.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Dust particles, botched press conferences, testy teens, VIPs, bombings, assassinations, military intrigue, national abandonment, hacking, camping, and eyeglasses.

HOT TAKE: I have not yet seen the American version of this show, but damn, this was a democratic rollercoaster of an experience. Everyone is out to win something whether it's an improved South Korea, dirty revenge, or just maintaining some semblance of governmental sanity.

This show has a real 'let's use the same 3 hallway sets over and over again' problem, but the familiar environments just made me care that much more about the acting masterclasses happening between their walls.