Former President Park Geun-hye visited the birthplace of her father, late President Park Chung-hee, on Tuesday. The ...

Left: Former President Park Chung Hee, who secured a third term, delivers his inaugural address in Seoul on July 1, 1971. Right: Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party ...

He was killed in Seoul. Portrait of the President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee, United States, 1960s. Chung-hee was a former Republic of Korea Army general and leader of the Republic of Korea.

By Motoko Rich The fire destroyed part of a memorial to Park Chung-hee, the assassinated dictator and father of South Korea’s embattled president, Park Geun-hye. A bizarre scandal and an ...

Park Chung-hee ruled South Korea with an iron fist for more than 15 years before he was killed. (AFP pic) A South Korean court said today it had reopened the case of the assassination of former ...

Kim Shin Jo, a former North Korean commando known for his involvement in a failed assassination attempt on then-South Korean president Park Chung Hee in 1968, has died at the age of 82.

But as the daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee, many see it impossible to separate her present from her past. Park Chung-hee seized power in a military coup in 1961 and ruled until he was ...

Polling data suggests South Koreans approve of Park Chung-hee himself, but disapprove of the system he used to rule. A card stunt honoring Park Chung-hee at on South Korea’s Armed Forces Day in ...