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Mun Se-gwang (26 December 1951 – 20 December 1974) was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to 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 school student, Jang Bong-hwa.
Mar 22, 2023 · The assassin, later identified as Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer Mun Se-gwang, was stopped just 10 meters away from where Park stood. Park managed to take cover behind his podium....
Aug 18, 2015 · They told me that First Lady Yuk Young-soo had a wound in her head by a bullet fired by Mun Se-gwang. Her condition was almost hopeless but she underwent an operation for five hours. Moon Se-gwang speaks at his appeals trial on Nov. 20, 1974.
Apr 19, 2021 · Mun Se-gwang (December 26, 1951 – December 20, 1974) was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-Hee...
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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) 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 Korea in 605 years, since the ...
At 10:23 a.m., 15 August 1974, Mun Se-gwang, a Zainichi Korean and North Korean sympathizer, attempted to assassinate President Park Chung Hee at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul during a Gwangbokjeol ceremony; Park was unharmed but his wife Yuk Young-soo, the First Lady of South Korea, was killed.
Mun Se-gwang was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-Hee on August 15, 1974.
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