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Court orders retrial of ex-spy chief who assassinated Park Chung Hee in 1979
Former intelligence chief Kim Jae-gyu, second from left, stands trial in 1979 for assassinating then-President Park Chung Hee. [JOONGANG ILBO] The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has ...
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South Korean court reopens former president’s assassination case
A South Korean court said today it had reopened the case of the assassination of former president Park Chung-hee by his intelligence chief. Park had ruled the country with an iron fist for more ...
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Family of South Korean Dictator’s Assassin Seek Treason Acquittal
Forty years after South Korea's spy chief was executed for shooting dead his boss, dictator Park Chung-hee, the assassin's sister is seeking to clear him of treason, arguing the killing was in the ...
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Ex-Pres. Park's statue unveiled
The unveiling ceremony of the statue of former President Park Chung-hee is under way in front of the North Gyeongsang Provincial Office in Andong, southeastern South Korea, on Dec. 5, 2024.
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Assassin of military strongman Park Chung-hee granted retrial 45 years later
Kim Jae-gyu, then South Korea's spy chief, shot and killed President Park on Oct. 26, 1979 and was executed in May the following year More than four decades after his execution for assassinating ...
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Court orders retrial of ex-spy chief who assassinated then President Park Chung-hee in 1979
The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has decided to retry the case of former spy chief Kim Jae-gyu, who was convicted in 1979 for assassinating then President Park Chung-hee. The decision came ...