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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“But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)