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Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
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Park Chung Hee
President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979
Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his assassination in 1979. His regime oversaw a period of intense economic growth and transformation,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
President of South Korea
Head of state and government of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea, also known as the president of South Korea, is the head of state and head of government of South Korea. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Park Chung Hee
1979 assassination in Seoul, South Korea
On 26 October 1979, Park Chung Hee, the third president of South Korea, was assassinated during a dinner at the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safe house near the Blue House presidential compound in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It was the first assassination…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
National Intelligence Service (South Korea)
Intelligence agency of South Korea
The National Intelligence Service is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, during the rule of general Park Chung Hee's military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, which…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kim Jae-gyu
Assassin of South Korean president Park Chung Hee (1926–1980)
Kim Jae-gyu was a South Korean politician, army lieutenant general and the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He assassinated South Korean President Park Chung Hee—who had been one of his closest friends—on October 26, 1979, and was subsequently executed by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)