Uiryeong County (Uiryeong-gun) is a county in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is one of the least populated counties in Korea.
In 1938, Uiryeong native Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung Group in nearby Daegu.
This county is known in some quarters as the location where Woo Bum-Kon carried out the second worst incident of spree killing in known history on April 26, 1982.
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“A horse, a buggy and several sets of harness, valued in all at about $250, were stolen last night from the stable of Howard Quinlan, near Kingsville. The county police are at work on the case, but so far no trace of either thieves or booty has been found.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)