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Park Chung Hee, the third President of South Korea, was assassinated on October 26, 1979, during a dinner at the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safe house near the Blue House presidential compound in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea.
May 14, 2024 · Park Chung-Hee was a South Korean general and politician, president of the Republic of Korea from 1963 to his death. His 18-year rule brought about enormous economic expansion, though at the cost of civil liberties and political freedom. He was assassinated by his lifelong friend Kim Jae Kyu in 1979.
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The Blue House raid, also known in South Korea as the January 21 Incident (Korean: 1·21 사태), was a raid launched by North Korean commandos in an attempt to assassinate President of South Korea Park Chung Hee in his residence at the Blue House in Seoul, on January 21, 1968.
On October 26, 1979, six days after the student protests ended, Park Chung Hee was fatally shot in the head and chest by Kim Jae-gyu, the director of the KCIA, after a banquet at a safehouse in Gungjeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
President Park Chung-hee, on his way back to Cheong Wa Dae aboard a helicopter from a ceremony dedicating a flood bank at Sagpyo Lake on Oct. 26, 1979 had the chopper circle the capital.
Oct 28, 2021 · Park Chung-Hee was a controversial president of South Korea who seized power in a coup and ruled as a dictator. He was assassinated by his own security chief, Kim Jae-gyu, in 1979, but the motives behind the killing are still debated.
Oct 26, 2014 · -- South Korean President Park Chung-hee was assassinated in Seoul 35 years ago today. Park was killed when he was shot by Kim Jae Kyu, his lifelong friend and the head of Korean Central Intelligence Agency, during a private dinner party. Park's chief security officer was also killed.
