In a news conference arranged by South Korean authorities, Kim stunned the nation by saying that his team came “to slit the throat of Park Chung-hee.” The infiltration, which also killed about ...

He famously said the mission of a hit squad sent by Pyongyang in 1968 was to “slit the throat” of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Kim Shin-jo ...

He was known for his involvement in a failed assassination attempt on then-South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968. Kim's death was due to old age, according to his church, Sungrak Church in ...

Kim Shin-jo, a former North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then-South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, died April 9 ...