Kim Gap-sun (Korean김갑순; Hanja金甲淳; May 22, 1872 – 1961) was a Joseon bureaucrat and modern Korean businessman, politician, and realtor.[1] He was a significant slaver and landowner in South Chungcheong Province during the Japanese colonial period.

Kim Gap-sun
Hangul
김갑순
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Gap-sun
McCune–ReischauerKim Kapsun
Art name
Hangul
동우
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDong-u
McCune–ReischauerTongu
Courtesy name
Hangul
순갑
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSun-gap
McCune–ReischauerSun'gap

In his early life he was successively Governor of Buyeo County (1902), Noseong County (1903–1905, 1907–1910), Gongju County (1906–1907, 1910), Kimhwa County (1908–1910), and Asan county (1910–1911). His art name was Sungap, and his courtesy name was Dongwu.

Each time he took office as county governor, the thing he was most interested in was real estate. For example, in the 1930s, the area of Daejeon-eup was 1,907,400m2 (578,000 pyeong), and the land owned by Kim Gap-sun was 220,000 pyeong. So, at that time, he owned close to 50% of the land in Daejeon.[2]

After liberation, he was arrested and tried by the Special Investigation Committee on Anti-National Acts (반민족행위특별조사위원회) in January 1949, but was released on bail.[3]

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  • "김갑순(金甲淳)" [Kim Gap-sun]. Nate항욱학 (koreandb). 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.