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    Park Chung Hee (Korean: 박정희, IPA: [pak̚.tɕ͈ʌŋ.çi]; November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general. After seizing...
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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)...
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  • Park Chung Hee (1917–1979) was the 3rd President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979. Park Chung Hee may also refer to: Park Chung-hee (handballer) (born...
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    President Park Chung Hee (Korean: 박정희 대통령 생가) is currently located in Sangmo-dong [ko], Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Park was the 1963–1979...
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    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...
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  • assassinate South Korean president Park Chung Hee on 15 August 1974. The assassination attempt resulted in the deaths of Park's wife, Yuk Young-soo, and a high...
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  • skills. Following the military coup on May 16, 1961, Park Tae-joon was selected by Park Chung-hee, the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction...
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    1988. Chun usurped power after the 1979 assassination of president Park Chung Hee. Park was himself a military dictator who had ruled since 1961. Chun orchestrated...
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  • The Park Chung-hee Presidential Museum (Korean: 박정희대통령역사자료관) is a public history museum in Gumi, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. It is dedicated to the...
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  • Park Jae-ok (Korean: 박재옥; Hanja: 朴在玉; November 24, 1937 – July 8, 2020) was the first child of South Korean president Park Chung Hee and his first wife...
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    Park Chung Hee (1961–1979) and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003). He was a nine-term National Assembly member. Park...
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    The Park Chung Hee Gymnasium (Korean: 박정희체육관; Hanja: 朴正熙體育館) is an indoor arena in Gwangpyeong-dong [ko], Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea...
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  • Yuk Young-soo (category Park Chung Hee)
    wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung Hee and the mother of the 11th South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She was killed in 1974 during...
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  • part in discussions surrounding relations with North Korea." After Park Chung Hee's military coup and subsequent rise to power in 1961, his regime invalidated...
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    of the witnesses of the 1979 assassination of South Korean president Park Chung Hee. She was born to a Korean traditional folk song collector, Sim Jae-deok...
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  • Musical Park Chung Hee (Korean: 뮤지컬 박정희) is a South Korean musical based on the life of South Korean president Park Chung Hee. The musical first ran in...
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    father, Park Chung Hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he seized power in 1961. Before her presidency, Park was leader...
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    Seoul, to the port city of Busan, in alliance with the President Park Chung Hee. Chung's business ventures steered through the tumultuous times of Japanese...
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  • in a reformation of the new government. Notably, there was President Park Chung Hee (1961–1979, namely the Third and Fourth Republic) and President Chun...
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    an electoral college for presidential elections. Incumbent President Park Chung-hee claimed that Western-style liberal democracy would bring more chaos...
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  • 1979, President Park Chung Hee was assassinated by the leader of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA). Under Park Chung Hee, South Korea was...
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    May 16 coup, led by Major General Park Chung Hee on 16 May 1961, put an effective end to the Second Republic. Park was one of a group of military leaders...
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    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. A...
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    of President Park Chung Hee. His art name was Chungsa (청사). He was also known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name: Tei Ikken. Chung was born in Ussuriysk...
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    Second Republic and established a military government in May 1961. Park Chung Hee, the Chairman of the Supreme Council, was elected President of South...
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    the governing military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, Park Chung Hee, who won 46.6% of the vote, securing a transition to civilian rule under...
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    lady is Kim Keon-hee, wife of President Yoon Suk Yeol, in office since 10 May 2022. During the administration of President Park Chung Hee, the first lady...
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    and one of the most powerful rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan. He was elected to the National Assembly at the age...
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    for incumbent president Park Chung-hee, who won 53.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was 79.8%. Within a year of his re-election, Park declared martial law and...
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    Blue House (redirect from Chung Wa Dae)
    After Park Chung Hee came to power, some argued that the colour should be changed to yellow, saying it is a more precious color, but Park Chung Hee dismissed...
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