Yun Ungnyŏl (; 18 May 1840 – 22 September 1911) was a Korean general and politician during the Joseon and Korean Empire periods. He was a member of the Enlightenment Party and a pro-Japanese scholar-official. He is also known as Yun Woong Niel or Yun Ung-nyeol.Emory University, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL): His art name was Pan'gye ().
Biography Yun Ungnyŏl was a member of one of the prominent yangban families of Korea, the Haepyeong Yun clan. His family was considered wealthy, "100 Koreans Freed; But Baron Yun Chi-ho and Other Prominent Men Are Found Guilty," New York Times. March 21, 1913. which his father had paved the way to prominence by himself. From his early age, Yun and his younger brother were famous for their great physical abilities.
At the age of 17, Yun went to Seoul by himself and took the mugwa (military civil service examination), and passed the exam, making him an official.
From 1881, Yun was in charge of the new army of joseon, also known as the Pyŏlgigun. As a member of the Enlightenment Party, Yun participated in the Kapsin Coup. After the short-lived new government was formed, Yun was appointed as Minister of Justice, and Vice Mayor of Seoul.
In 1904, Yun Ungnyŏl was appointed as the Korea's Minister of War.Speer, Robert E. (1905). "Korea, Japan and Russia," p. 60. On 30 September 1904, Yun was appointed as the Chief of Staff of Korean Empire but he resigned on 30 January 1905 making him the last incumbent. He died in 1911, aged 71.
In modern Korean historiography, Yun is considered a Korean collaborator with Imperial Japan. 2006년도 조사보고서 II - 친일반민족행위결정이유서, p. 257~262 친일반민족행위진상규명위원회, 11-1560010-0000002-10, 2006; n.b., investigative report II - pro-Japanese anti-national act decisive reasons, p. 257~262 pro-Japanese anti-national act truth close examination committees.
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