Unit 124 was a North Korean Special Operation Forces unit, part of the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA), under the operational control of the Liaison Department of the Worker's Party of Korea.Thirty-one men from the unit were handpicked to raid the Blue House and assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-hee.Following the failure of the Blue House Raid, in which 29 members of the unit were killed, one escaped back to North Korea and one, Kim Shin-Jo, was captured.