 During his term as the foremost Korean representative to the ROC, Kim saw the hijacking of CAAC Flight 296, which led to a diplomatic dispute between Seoul and Taipei because the six hijackers defecting from Shenyang, People's Republic of China (PRC) was in custody after landing on South Korean soil.Taipei, however, regarded them as anti-communist patriots, and ask the Koreans to release them to Taiwan.Kim took the role of communicator for this incident for nearly one year, passing the Taiwanese public opinion to Seoul, and suggest the latter to carry out administrative remedies as solution.