Draft:Byun, Eungzou

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Eungzou Byun
Born(1929-10-12)October 12, 1929
Kaepung-guyok, Kaepung county, Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Died(2016-04-09)April 9, 2016
Icheon National Cemetery, Icheon City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
EducationSongdo High School
Occupation


Eungzou Byun(邉應周, 1929 ~ 2016) Eungzou Byun was a South Korean soldier. During the Korean War in 1950, he worked at KLO (Korea Liaison Office) and contributed to the foundation of Amorepacific Corporation. Eungzou Byun is the 22nd generation of the Wonju Byun clan, the 21st generation of Jeonseo fraction of the Wonju Byun clan, and the sixteenth generation of Cheomji fraction of the Wonju Byun clan.

Life

• During the Korean War from 1951 to 1954, he served as a soldier in the KLO intelligence unit and worked as a math teacher at Ganghwa Middle School (currently Ganghwa Girls' Middle School, 62 Hyanggyo-gil, Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon) to collect information about North Korea in the area near the armistice line. did. He disguised himself as a school teacher and was tasked with conveying North Korean military secrets to the South Korean military. KLO (English: Korea Liaison Office) is an intelligence unit created by the U.S. Far East Command for espionage activities in North Korea. The 8240 Army Unit was a specialized irregular warfare unit of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Although it was administered and operated by the U.S. military, it was composed of Koreans.

• He worked at Amorepacific Corporation from 1955 to 1969. During the Korean War in 1951, Seong-hwan Suh, Eungzou Byun, and Guk-bae Suh took refuge in Busan and worked there, laying the foundation for the company.

• From 1971 to 1983, he founded and operated OB Food Co., Ltd. OB Food Co., Ltdis inin Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea and has grown into a company that produces biscuits, expands sales nationwide, and conducts quality control based on a food safety management system. OB Food Co., Ltd. is a different company from Doosan Group OB Beer Co., Ltd.

References

• ‘Wonju Byun Clan Sebo (原州 邉氏 世譜 genealogy): Gaseung.’ 21st generation descendant of the Wonju Byun Clan. 1996.

‘Wonju Byun Clan Cheomchugongpa (原州 邉氏 僉樞公派 duke Cheomchu fraction) Geochonmunjungbo (巨村門中譜文獻集 genealogy of Geochonmu fraction) Literature Collection’. Yeolhwadang, 2020. ISBN 978-89-301-0681-8

• ‘Wonju Byun Clan Jeonseogongpa Sebo (原州 邉氏 典書公派 世譜 genealogy of duke Jeonseo fraction)’. Wonju Byun Clan Association, 2002.

THE STORY OF…. Your Great-Grandfathers: Duke Jeonseo and Cheomji Fraction of Wonju Byun Clan 1138~1945 ISBN: 9791193655818

Your Grandfather's Story ISBN:9791193577967