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Kim Seung-kyum was born on 12 April, 1963 in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, is a Kim Seung kyum is South Korean Army. Discover Kim Seung-kyum's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?
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Kim Seung-kyum Net Worth
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Kim Seung-kyum (born April 12, 1963), is a South Korean Army General who is previous serving as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on July 5, 2022 to November 25, 2023.
Prior to becoming JCS chairman, Kim was the ROK-US Combined Forces Command Deputy Commander.
Kim Seung-kyum was born on April 12, 1963, in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, to a military family.
His father was a lieutenant colonel in the reserves.
He graduated from Osan High School, in Seoul.
He entered the Korea Military Academy in 1982 and graduated in the class of 1986.
After graduating at the Korea Military Academy in 1986, Kim was commissioned as a second lieutenant, he has served in various key military posts, including the vice Army chief of staff and the head of the 3rd Corps.
His service led to his promotion to the rank of Captain in 1987.
He served as an infantry officer in the 3rd Infantry Division.
In 1992, his unit responded to a North Korean border incursion near Cheorwon, killing two North Korean intruders.
For his role as the company commander, Captain Kim was awarded the Eulji Order of Military Merit.
In 1994, Kim achieved the rank of Major within the 3rd Infantry Division.
Eulji Order of Military Merit (1994)
In 2006, he received a promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
In 2008, he further advanced in rank to Colonel.
Kim had risen to the rank of Brigadier General in 2012.
In 2015, he was promoted to Major General.
He was later promoted to Lieutenant General in 2017.
In 2021, he received a last promotion to the rank of four-star rank of General.
On 25 May 2022, he was named as the next chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Kim was replaced by General Ahn Byung-Seok in Kim's role as the Deputy Commander of ROK/US Combined Forces Command.
On 5 July 2022, Kim became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Air Force General Won In-choul.
On 2 March 2023, South Korean top military general Kim Seung-kyum vowed to establish a wartime combined operations posture against rising threats from North Korea, local media reported on Thursday.
Inspecting the combined special operations drills between the US and South Korean militaries, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Kim called on the troops to maintain their capabilities to "strike the enemy's critical facilities without fail," Yonhap News Agency reported, quoting a statement from his office.
“Kim stressed the importance of harnessing the capability to strike the enemy's critical facilities without fail, and establishing a wartime combined operations posture by enhancing interoperability between the allies through realistic combined special operations training,” the agency quoted JCS as saying.
Kim also spoke about rising threats from North Korea and called on his troops to always prepare to inflict critical damage on the enemy, it said.
Kim on Monday inspected joint military drills by South Korea and US special commandos involving AC-130J and MC-130J warplanes.
The US had also deployed AC-130J, a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack plane for the first time to Korea.
Tensions on Korean Peninsula escalated late last year when North Korea launched at least 60 missiles while South Korea and the US held joint military exercises.