The Koreans for United Freedom, also known as the K.U.F., was a North Korean paramilitary terrorist group that sought to forcefully unify the Korean Peninsula in favor of North Korea and force the United States of America to end its support for South Korea after the U.S. tried to assist with the growing conflict between the North and the South sides of Korea, which they considered unreasonable.
History[]
The K.U.F. was formed by Kang Yeonsak in 2002 after funneling uranium enrichment technology from Pakistan to Pyongyang. How it managed to enter the shores of the United States is unbeknownst and whether the militia that made up the legions of terrorists were former soldiers of the North, mercenaries, or a mixture of both is debatable.
The group's goal was to unify the Korean Peninsula by capturing the White House and coercing American government officials to withdraw the U.S Navy's Seventh Fleet from the Sea of Japan and 28,500 U.S. soldiers that were defending South Korea from the DMZ which would lead to a North Korean invasion of South Korea. The group also secretly intended to use Cerberus, a highly classified fail safe protocol, to detonate the entire American nuclear arsenal in their silos, which would destroy North America and drastically weaken military support for South Korea.
They disguised themselves as tourists and garbage workers to initiate the White House Siege. It also managed to blend into the South Korean government delegation, with many K.U.F. members disguised as members of the South Korean security detail. After taking over the White House on July 5th and taking President Benjamin Asher and several high-ranking U.S. officials hostage, they were nearly able to allow a North Korean invasion of South Korea. However, they goals were hindered and they suffered major setbacks by Mike Banning. At the end of the White House Siege, the group was rendered defunct after Kang and all members were killed.
Known Members[]
Name | Role | Status |
---|---|---|
Kang Yeonsak | Leader | Deceased |
Yu | Second-in-command | Deceased |
Cho | Executioner | Deceased |
Lim | Technical Expert | Deceased |
Dave Forbes | Insider | Deceased |
To see other members of this terrorist organization, please see the list of unnamed terrorists.
List of Crimes[]
- Smuggled uranium enrichment technology into North Korea from Pakistan in 2002.
- Were responsible for the 2004 bombing of the British Embassy in Seoul.
- Were responsible for the 2007 hostage crisis in Seoul.
- Murdered many civilians, security personnel, DC Police officers, and Secret Service agents using a North Korean commando army, AC-130 attack aircraft and two armored garbage trucks equipped with heavy machine gun turrets.
- Murdered several occupants in the underground White House bunker, including Secret Service agents Jones and O'Neil.
- Murdered several Navy SEALS with an anti-aircraft system called the Hydra 6.
- Executed South Korean Prime Minister Lee Tae-Woo and American Vice President Charlie Rodriguez live on the Pentagon's video feed.
- Suicide bombing of a helicopter that killed two hostages; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Joe Hoenig and Presidential aide Mary Jane Fuller.
- Attempted to cause and expand numerous casualties by setting off nuclear ICBM silos around the country with the activation of the Cerberus fail-safe device.
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Background Information and Notes[]
- Some of the key characters seen in the film and listed here on the official movie website's profile dossier don't match up in terms of names, possibly due to being earlier movie script aliases.