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Kim Eung-seon (26 May 1881 – 2 August 1932) was a soldier during the Korean Empire and Japanese occupation.

Life
The hometown was Anju-gun, Pyeongannam-do, but not well known about the background of, or the family background. Taro Utsunomiya, who participated in the Sino-Japanese War, came to Japan in 1896 when he was 16 years old. There is an anecdote that Utsunomiya, who was the commander of the Joseon army at the time of the March 1st Movement, was later called the "father of Kim Eung-seon."

In 1902, he entered the Japanese Military Academy and graduated with the 15th term. After graduation, he served as an apprentice officer in the 1st Regiment of the Japanese Guards Infantry, and soon after the Russo-Japanese War broke out, Kim Eung-seon also participated in the war. When he landed in Jinnampo in March 1904, he was initially in charge of reconnaissance activities, and in May, he participated in direct combat and made contributions.

After that, he was appointed as the principal of the Childhood School as a member of the Student Corps of the Army Military Academy of the Korean Empire and became an officer of the Korean Empire. In 1905, he went to Japan as a special ambassador and was awarded the 6th Dan Kwang-wook Japanese Medal, maintaining close relations with Japan. At that time, Japan was preparing for annexation of Korea by deploying pro-Japanese military officials from a former Japanese Army officer to the military.

In 1907, when the Korean Empire was disbanded, it was an army infantryman. Kim Eung-seon was trusted to the extent that he was appointed as Bae Jong-mu of the Crown Prince's Palace shortly after the Japanese disbanded the army. In recognition of his contributions during the Russo-Japanese War, he received the Hun 5th Ssanggwanguk Iljang and 500 won in silver, and in November of that year, he was awarded the Hun 4th Servo Guarantee when the crown prince Lee Eun was forced to study in Japan.

When the Korea-Japan annexation treaty was signed in 1910, he was evaluated as an excellent officer among former Korean military officers and was ordered to belong to the Joseon Forces Command. Kim Eung-sun continued to serve as a member of the royal palace of Lee Eun-eun, who was demoted to the crown prince. He was promoted to captain of the Imperial Japanese Army Infantry in 1923 and to major general in 1931.

The Japanese government received the Imperial Prince's Memorial Medal in 1909, the Korean Merger Memorial Medal in 1912, the Daisho Daerye Memorial Medal in 1915, and the Ugiljungsujang Medal in 1920. When he was pre-booked as a director in 1931, he was given a special bonus of 2,970 won and a retirement special fund and allowance of 8,925 won, saying that the contribution was particularly large. Shortly after retirement, he also served as a member of the Manmongjae Overseas Koreans Council, a control organization established in connection with the Manchurian Incident, but died the following year.

After death
In 2008, it was selected in the military category among the list of prospective people to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary compiled by the Institute for National Affairs. It was also included in the list of 195 soldiers on the list of pro-Japanese anti-ethnic acts announced by the Korean Committee on the Truth of Pro-Japanese Anti-ethnic Acts in 2007.

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 * Imperial Japanese Army Academy
 * pro-Japanese group
 * Joseon Army