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In June 26, 1949, Kim was assassinated by Ahn Doo-hee ( 안두희 ; 安斗熙 ) in his office.

Although some suggest there may have been a right-wing conspiracy to assassinate him in which even president Rhee and the CIA could have been involved, no details of the assassination have been revealed.

Moreover, Ahn Doo-hee was murdered by Park Gi Sheo ( 박기서 ), a follower of Kim's in 1996 after he allegedly confessed that Kim Chang-ryong ( 김창룡 ; 金昌龍 ) masterminded the assassination, thus further obscuring the prospect of finding the motive of assassination.

According to Bruce Cumings in his 1981 books, another possible motive for the assassination could have been Kim's alleged connection to the assassination of Song Chin-u ( 송진우 ; 宋鎭禹