Unit 684

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Unit 684 was an elite Soth Korean "black op" team whose mission was to kill the North Korean president, Kim Il Sung, and were trained at Silmido Island.

The Defense Ministry said the unit in question is a detachment of the ROK Air Force’s Squadron 2325, which recruited 31 civilians for special missions on April 1, 1968.

The number of the unit, 684, stands for the April, 1968 when the unit was founded. The members were trained harshly on a remote, deserted island in the West Sea called Silmido.

Mimicking North Korea's Unit 124, Unit 684 was made up of 31 trainees and the unit's purpose was to assassinate the, then, leader of North Korea Kim Il-Sung The trainees were put through training regiments at Silmido, during this training 7 trainees died. After about three years of rigorous training, Unit 684's mission was terminated. The Korean governments were now looking towards a peaceful reunification.

In August of 1971, unit members rose to kill their overseers and made their way to Chong Wa Dae in rebellion. Most of them, however, committed suicide with their grenades when confronted with troops in Seoul.

The story of the Unit is loosely but effectively put in the Korean movie, called Silmido after the name of the island.