Independence patriot · Manchuria theater · Patriotic Merit Medal (愛族章, 2016)
Same-name figures:
김세현(金世顯) — Politics & nobility (pro-Japanese collaborator)
| Life | 1895 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 안동 김씨 |
As a security officer of the Korean Independence Army Corps, Kim Se-hyeon executed Japanese spies and was sentenced to five years in prison.
From 1919 he served as a security officer of the Korean National Association's Sabuk branch in Hwalyong County, China, recruiting comrades and rooting out and eliminating Japanese informants. In August 1920 he took part in interrogating and executing the Japanese spy Kim Deok-gi at Sadaesa in Hwalyong County together with Han Chang-jun and others.