Gim Du-han | |
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Title | Member of the National Assembly of South Korea |
Term | 1954 - 1965 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Du-han |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Tuhan |
Pen name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Uisong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ŭisong |
Gim Du-han (1918–1972), also spelled Kim Du-han, was the leader of the Korean organised crime of justice and the son of Kim Chwa-chin. His ho was Uisong.
Doo Han Gim was the leader of the Jongro street gang during the Japanese occupation of Korea. He was considered to be the greatest fist fighter in Korea during his time.
After the end of Imperial Japanese rule in Korea, Gim joined Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party, where he served as a politician. He was elected to the Third National Assembly in 1954 and the Sixth National Assembly in 1965.
Gim was the grandfather of South Korean actor Song Il-gook whose mother, Kim Eul-dong, is a politician and the daughter of Gim, who was one year old when he died.