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Kim Young-soo (February 6, 1907 – 1946) was a journalist and operative in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation.

Life
The hometown was Hoeryeong-gun, Hamgyeongbuk-do, a border area. It is not known about the growth period, but in 1932, when he was in his mid-20s, he was a Japanese teacher in Hunchun.

In 1934, he became a reporter of the New Gyeongsang Ilbo's Domunji Bureau and a crew member of the Gando District Public Security Association, and served as a journalist engaged in the Japanese naval maneuvering.

In the same year, when the Gando Cooperation Association, a secret organization of the Kwandong-gun Military Police, was launched, he participated as a promoter and worked as a translator at the Gando Cooperation Headquarters. From 1935, he also served as secretary general of the Gando Cooperation Association headquarters, and also worked as an informant of the Najagu maneuver Corps.

According to Chinese records, Youngsoo Kim arrested and surrendered about 60 anti-Japanese members from late 1934 to 1935, and in April 1935, he infiltrated Paldogu under the command of three agents and destroyed communist underground organizations.

The Najagu maneuver Corps also lured and arrested officials of the underground party. On July 10, 1936, he received a military letter from the Japanese government. He also received a monthly allowance of 60 won and was treated equivalent to the Japanese military police and first class soldiers.

In 1936, when the Gando Cooperation Association was disbanded and reorganized into the Manchukuo Cooperation Association, he participated in it and served as a clerk in Hwaryong-hyeon, the current Longjing area, and served as a headquarters member in Yanji in 1939. In 1946, after the end of the Pacific War, he was arrested and executed in Yanji after being arrested by Yanji Byeoldongdae in China.

After death

 * It is included in the list of 195 people who are pro-Japanese anti-national activities announced in 2007 by the Korea Pro-Japanese Anti-National Activities Commission and the list of those who are scheduled to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary compiled by the National Institute in 2008.

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 * the Gando Cooperation Association
 * Concordia Association