Kim Jaegyu

Kim Jaegyu

Kim Jaegyu (March 6, 1926 – May 24, 1980) was a retired ROK Army Lieutenant General and intelligence officer.

He was most famous for, while Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, assassinating South Korean President Park Chung Hee, who had been one of his closest friends for a long time, on October 26, 1979. He was subsequently executed by hanging on May 24, 1980.

ee also

* List of Korea-related topics
* History of South Korea
* The President's Last Bang
* Assassination

References

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912509,00.html Assassination in Seoul] . "TIME Magazine" (1979-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
* [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200408/kt2004080917070811980.htm "Korea Times" Panel Begins Inquiry Into Assassination of Ex-President] Yoon Won-sup 08-09-2004dead link|date=November 2007


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