Chun In-bum was born on September 6,1958 and is a retired South Korean Army Lieutenant general and authority on Korean politics and military relations.
12 Facts About Chun In-bum
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Chun In-bum moved to the United States of America at the age of seven with his mother, who was serving as a South Korean diplomat, and spent four and a half years in New York City before returning to Korea in 1969 to finish high school.
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Chun In-bum was accepted to the Korea Military Academy in 1977.
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Shortly after graduation, then-Lieutenant Chun In-bum was selected as an aide to Lieutenant General Lee Ki-baek, making him the youngest officer in the history of the army to be appointed aide to a three-star general.
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In October 1983, General Lee was nearly killed in a terrorist bombing in Rangoon and then-Lieutenant Chun In-bum was credited with saving Lee's life in the aftermath of the attack.
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Chun In-bum was awarded the National Security Medal for his actions.
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In 2007, then Brigadier General Chun In-bum was deployed to Afghanistan in response to 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan.
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Chun In-bum was promoted to major general in 2009, and to lieutenant general in November 2013.
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Chun In-bum was assigned to head the ROK Special Warfare Command, for which he received US Special Operations Command medal in 2016, becoming the first Korean to receive the honor.
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In 2015, Chun In-bum was promoted to deputy commander for the First ROK Army and became a Distinguished Fellow of New Westminster College.
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Chun In-bum has been a board member of the Korean Animal Welfare Association since 2018.
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Chun In-bum is married to Shim Hwa-jin, former president of Sung-Shin Women's University.