In 1993 , William Morrow and Company published '' The Tears of My Soul , '' Kim 's account of how she was trained as a North Korean espionage agent and carried out the bombing of KAL 858 . In a gesture of contrition for her crime , she donated all of the proceeds from this book to the families of the victims of KAL 858 . The book details her early training and life in China , Macao , and across Europe , carrying out the bombing , her consequent trial , reprieve , and integration into South Korea . In the book , Kim states that Kim Jong-il masterminded the bombing , and gave her the order to carry out the attack . It is also believed that Kim Jong-il masterminded the Rangoon bombing of 1983 , in which North Korea attempted to assassinate then-South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan . Her story has also been turned into a motion picture , '' Mayumi '' , directed by Shin Sang-ok in 1990
Rangoon bombing
Rangoon bombing
Korean Air Flight 858