Kim Hyon-hui | |
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.jpg) Kim Hyon-hui in 2010 | |
| Born | 27 January 1962 |
| Nationality | North Korean (defected) |
| Other names | Kim Okhwa, Mayumi Hachiya |
| Known for | Bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 |
| Notable work | The Tears of My Soul |
| Criminal status | Pardoned |
| Children | 2 |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (115 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Date | 29 November 1987 |
| Killed | 115 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김현희 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeonhui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏnhŭi |
| Japanese cover name | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayumi Hachiya | |||||
| Kanji | 蜂谷 真由美 | ||||
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Kim Hyon-hui (Korean: 김현희, born 27 January 1962), also known as Okhwa, is a former North Korean agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987, which killed 115 people.[1][2] She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing and extradited to South Korea. There she was sentenced to death but later pardoned shortly after being convicted and sentenced.
In recent years,[when?] Kim has publicly expressed regret about the bombing and she has provided information about the state of affairs in North Korea as well as the possible state of abductees.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
United Nations Human Rights Council 2014was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The North Korean spy who blew up a plane". BBC News. 22 April 2013.