00:00There was a Korean who was convicted as a war criminal and executed during the Pacific War.
00:03His name was Hong Saeik.
00:04Hong Saeik was the only Korean of commoner origin to graduate from the Imperial Japanese Army War College
00:08and rise to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army.
00:11He was such a figure, he even refused to change his name to a Japanese one
00:14and served while openly identifying as Korean.
00:16In 1944, he served as the Logistics Chief of the 14th Area Army as well as the Director of the
00:20Prisoner of War Camps.
00:21At that time, he was also the figure who ordered the abuse and killing of Allied prisoners of war in
00:25the camps.
00:26Because of this, Hong Saeik was convicted as a Class B war criminal,
00:29and in 1946, he was executed.
00:31It said his abilities were exceptionally good.
00:33He graduated 22nd overall from the Army War College of Japan
00:35and at the top of his class among international students.
00:37Furthermore, it said he was evaluated as having great logistics and administrative skills.
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