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Kim Jae-gyu. 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. It was the first assassination of a head of state in South Korea and in Korea in 605 ...
Park Chung Hee (Korean: 박정희; November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the 3rd President of South Korea from 1962 to 1979 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961. He is regarded as one of the most consequential leaders in Korean history, although his legacy as a military ...
In South Korea, a general election was held on May 10, 1948. The Republic of Korea (or ROK) was established with Syngman Rhee as president, and formally replaced the U.S. military occupation on 15 August. In North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) was declared on September 8, with Kim Il Sung, as prime minister. Soviet ...
1,550,000 total casualties (est.) [21] The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union ...
O-illyuk kunsa chŏngbyŏn. The May 16 military coup d'état (Korean: 5·16 군사정변) was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961, organized and carried out by Park Chung Hee and his allies who formed the Military Revolutionary Committee, nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after the latter's acquiescence on the day of ...
v. t. e. The president of the Republic of Korea (Korean : 대한민국 대통령 ; RR : Daehanmin-guk daetongnyeong), also known as the president of Korea (Korean : 한국 대통령), is both the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president is elected by citizens of the Republic of Korea and pledges to execute ...
Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Sung[d] (/ kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [4] Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; [e][5] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
Kim Jae-gyu (Korean: 김재규, April 9, 1924 – May 24, 1980) 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 hanging on May ...