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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 24, 1980.
Park with future President Kim Young-sam in 1975. By the time of his assassination, Park had exercised dictatorial power over South Korea for nearly 18 years.. The Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) was created in 1961 to coordinate both domestic and international intelligence activities, including those of the military. Almost immediately following its creation, the KCIA was used to ...
Feb 15, 2012 · By Michael Breen As director of the Korean CIA in 1979, Kim Jae-gyu was the last man considered a threat to President Park Chung-hee. A longtime friend, Kim’s official job was to monitor and ...
Nov 2, 2015 · Cha Ji-cheol, far right, is briefed by a lawmaker in February 1964 during a visit to the headquarters of the Army’s sixth division. Kim Jae-gyu, who killed Cha 15 years later, sits on the far left.
Kim Jae-gyu 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 24, 1980.
Jun 26, 2024 · Kim Jae Kyu was a Korean military officer and head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA; now the National Intelligence Service) who, on October 26, 1979, assassinated the South Korean president, Park Chung Hee.
Oct 24, 2010 · By Michael Breen In the early evening of Oct. 26, 1979, the Korean President Park Chung-hee sat down to dinner for the last time. The subject on his mind was the eruption of civil unrest after the ...
Dec 12, 2019 · Former President Park Chung-hee, a man who ruled over South Korea with an iron fist for 18 years, is a highly divisive figure in the country’s history. So is his right-hand man and eventual ...
Oct 28, 2021 · Park Chung-hee, also written Pak Chŏng Hŭi, was born to Paek Namui and Pak Songbin in Sangmo-ri, a village in the Province of North Gyeongsang, Korea on November 14, 1917. In "Korea's Development Under Park Chung Hee," Hyung-A Kim writes that Park came from a financially insecure family and was the youngest of seven children.
May 24, 2009 · On this date in 1980, the former intelligence chief of South Korea was hanged for assassinating President Park Chung-hee.*. In this surreal affair — known after its date as the “10.26 incident” in South Korea — the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency popped the autocratic head of state during a private dinner party at a secret KCIA compound.
