Midtown Gangsters
| GANG Midtown Gangsters | |
|---|---|
| Games: | GTA IV The Ballad of Gay Tony GTA Chinatown Wars |
| Locations: | Alderney City |
| Leader: | Kim Young-Guk (deseased) Wu Lee (deseased) |
| Type: | Korean Crime Syndicate |
| Enemies: | Gambetti Family The Lost Brotherhood Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers |
| Affiliations: | Triads, Irish Mob |
| Vehicles: | Sultan Presidente Tampa Uranus Sabre |
| Weapons: | Knife; Pistol; Uzi; Shotgun |
| Businesses: | Counterfeiting; drug dealing; assassinations |
| Fronts: | Mr. Fuks Ricebox, Building in Bohan |
| Members: | Kim Young-Guk |
The Korean Mob or Midtown Gangsters are Korean crime syndicate that operate in Liberty City. In GTA IV Niko Bellic and Derrick McReary assist one of their members, Kim Young-Guk, in a counterfeiting operation. However, Niko later kills Kim on orders from Jon Gravelli. In addition to their counterfeiting operation the LCPD Database suggests that they are also involved in the drug trade and are supplied by the Triads. The gang shares their turf with the Spanish Lords, however, they have been known to shoot each other.
In 2009, during the canon of GTA Chinatown Wars, the Midtown Gangsters are a group of Korean mobsters located in the borough of Bohan in Liberty City. For many years, the group had been working for the Triads in Liberty City. However, in 2009, the Triads' leader Hsin Jaoming suspected the Koreans of ratting the Triads out to the police and had Huang Lee find out of this was true, resulting in the deaths of many Koreans.
Additionally, Wade Heston, an corrupt police officer who was helping Huang, told him that the Koreans were working for the person ratting the Triads out. In the quest for finding the rat, many more Koreans and most of the gang's underbosses were killed by Huang. Eventually, Wade and Huang found out about a meeting in which the leader was involved and went there.
When they arrived there, Huang found out that his own uncle Wu was the Koreans' boss. In a long chase, Huang killed Wu in Hsin Jaoming's penthouse.
In the real New York City, Koreans have territory in a small Koreatown in Midtown, Manhattan and large community in easternside Flushing, Queens. There are no Korean presence in Bronx but territory was given to Koreans in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars due to the fact that the large Flushing, Queens Korean territory is not displayed on the Liberty City map.
The '''Wonsu Nodong''' are a group of Korean assassins that operate in Liberty City. In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars they ambush Personal Investigator officer Wade Heston who is rescued by Huang Lee.
Nodong is an actual place in North Korea, implying that there might be a connection between them and the Korean Mobs in Alderney. Nodong can also be a play on the words no dong, as in no penis.
Gallery
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Korean Mob member
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A variant of the Presidente driven by the Korean Mob
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A variant of the Sultan driven by the Korean Mob
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A Wonsu Nodong Assasin
