On September 17, 1988, the 24th Summer Olympic Games opened in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Athletes from all over the world competed in the same field, trying to win gold in one fell swoop and win glory for the country.
This is a blessing for the world, but for the families of the 115 victims killed in the crash of Flight 858, their mood has been plunged into endless darkness since November 29, 1987.
This is Kim Hyun-hee's plan, but she lives a whole new life after attempting suicide by taking poison.
At 14:05 on November 29, 1987, Korean Air Flight 858, which took off from Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, to Seoul, suddenly exploded and disintegrated while passing through the Andaman Sea! One crew member and 104 passengers were all killed.
The sudden air crash shocked the world! However, while there was much discussion about the cause of the crash, two Japanese passengers were arrested by the police at bahraini airport.
One of the elders committed suicide by taking poison on the spot, and another young woman tried to take poison, which was stopped by the police in time.
In the face of police interrogation, the Japanese woman claimed to be a Chinese, a native of Heilongjiang, but revealed her true identity because of a detail.
Who is this woman? What is her connection to the "858 air disaster"? Why amnesty after being sentenced to death? Today, let's walk into the life of Korean female agent Kim Hyun-hee.
A beautiful spy from a noble birth.
Kim Hyun-hee was born in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, in 1964. Her father was an excellent diplomat who held key positions at the Cuban Embassy in North Korea for many years.
Kim Hyun-hee spent her childhood in Cuba. She was only 23 years old when the Flight 858 crash occurred.
Born into an aristocratic family and gifted, Kim Hyun-hee received a good education from an early age, and with her outstanding appearance, she was quickly selected by the North Korean Secret Service.
Maybe it's why young people always like to take risks. Kim Hyun-hee did not hesitate to break with her family and resolutely embarked on the path of licking blood spies.
Kim Hyun-hee is indeed very talented.
In just a few years, she not only graduated from Pyongyang University and Kim Il Sung University with excellent cultural achievements, but also studied firearms, demolition, assassination, fighting and other espionage compulsory subjects.
During the training camp, Kim Hyun-hee also worked hard.
In order to dress herself up as Japanese, she lived with a kidnapped Japanese woman for two full years, which was enough to fake the truth.
In 1987, South Korea was preparing for the upcoming Seoul Olympics, and the whole country rejoiced, but the sudden news of the crash of a Korean Air airliner shattered that calm.
On November 29, Korean Air Flight 858 suddenly exploded in the Burmese Sea, causing the plane to disintegrate in the air and eventually crash into the sea.
The accident killed all 104 passengers and 11 crew members on the flight, one of the worst in South Korean history.
After the incident, with the assistance of Interpol and multinational police, South Korean police arrested the culprit, Kim Hyun-hee. After Kim Hyun-hee was tried, a South Korean court announced that Kim Hyun-hee had been sentenced to death.
However, when they found a large amount of plane wreckage in the waters near Myanmar, they realized that Flight 858 had crashed, killing all 115 passengers on board!
South Korea subconsciously believes that this is just a major accident caused by a plane failure. However, after they salvaged a large amount of plane wreckage, they realized that things might not be as simple as they thought.
There were a lot of signs on the plane that the plane had been blown up and the accident was man-made! Later, they investigated and found that it was a poor "weak woman" who blew up the plane.
Who is this woman? Why did she blow up the plane?
After the air crash that caused so much outrage, the killer deserved the death penalty. However, a year after being sentenced to death, Kim Hyun-hee was pardoned by the South Korean president. What happened?
Smart girls become spies, and plane explosions have their roots.
Kim Hyun-hee was born in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 1964. His father was a staff member of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a long-time resident cuban diplomat, so Kim Hyun-hee and her siblings spent their childhood in Cuba.
Because of her outstanding appearance, Kim Hyun-hee was a child star as a child and has starred in several Korean movies. In middle school, he presented the "Jindalai" to southern officials as a youth representative of the North-South peace talks.
After receiving the task, Kim Hyun-hee and Kim Il Sung bought tickets for Flight 858. On November 29, Korean Air Flight 858 took off from Iraq, with its final destination being Seoul, South Korea.
Kim Hyun-hee disguises the liquid bomb as liquor beforehand, sets it to explode automatically after 9 hours, and then takes the bomb on board. The first stop on the flight was from Iraq to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where Hawking followed the remaining 13 passengers off the plane and left the bomb on board.
The families of the victims were devastated and spontaneously came to the shrine to mourn. But beyond the grief, everyone wants to know the real reason for the crash of Flight 858.
At first, the South Korean side speculated that it was improper operation by the crew, or a major accident caused by the failure of the aircraft, as well as special marks on the wreckage of the aircraft and the remains of the victims, indicating that this was a premeditated attack!
There were marks of combustion and impact on the wreckage of the plane, as well as marks of fire on the bodies of the victims. None of the bodies were intact, which apparently took a huge shock.
Her true identity
After realizing that she had accidentally revealed her identity, Kim Hyun-hee finally told the truth: "My name is Kim Hyun-hee, and I was ordered to do the crash of Flight 858." She then confessed the specific crime and her identity.
On January 15, 1988, the Ministry of Security and Enterprise of The Republic of Korea held a press conference to answer the crash of Flight 858. Naturally, Kim Hyun-hee also attended the meeting and also spoke specifically about how she acted. After saying that, she bowed her head and apologized to the families of the victims.
Looking at the young and beautiful agent on the stage, the reporter below felt incredible, because she was only 26 years old when she did these things. Because the process of the air crash and the two perpetrators are too amateurish.
In addition, Kim Hyun-hee confessed the truth so quickly that people doubted whether it was an agent.
Shouldn't the black box be found first after the plane crash? However, South Korea said that the search was too difficult and simply abandoned the search.
Even Kim Hyun-hee committed such a crime until March 1989, when he was sentenced to death, which was pardoned the following year. The reason is that she is the only survivor who can refute that the incident is fabricated, and the state let her live.
Then Kim Hyun-hee marries the security guard in charge of protecting her, and then no news comes out.
Whether the air crash was really done by North Korean agents or a bitter meat play performed by South Korean directors and performances.
In the end, only North Korea and the 115 people killed in the air crash and their families were harmed.
Hope the world is beautiful, the wind blows softly, and you can take your time.