Korea's
National Police 868 Unit

Due to the posibility of terrorist actions during the then future 1988 Olympic games, the S. Korean National Police formed a special counter-terrorist unit sometime in 1982 known as KNP 868 or 868 HRT. The Korean phonetic word for 868 HRT is "kyungchal (Police) teuk-kong-dae (Special Response Team). Unit 868 is an approximately 90 man force tasked with hostage rescue and light anti-terrorism duties. They are formed into 12 7-operator assault teams with associative support elements. In the event of a large scale terrorist incident they would defer to the S. Korean Army's 707th Special Missions Btn.

868 operators Practicing ropework.

Members of 868 practicing a takedown.
The operator in the foreground is using a Daewoo K-5 pistol.

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