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Lee Chun-hee, I have no choice if I want to make a living by capturing 20 hours of labor for 15 years since I left the party. (Cheon Ant)
Actor Lee Chun-hee's recent status has been revealed.Recently, a video was posted on the YouTube channel 'Cheon Ant CHUNANT'"'PART'Lee Chun-hee's recent situation, 'Creating a pop-up store after ...
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How Four Korean Artists Blazed a Path to Global Recognition—One Letter at a Time
A new exhibition and book chart the rise of Modern Korean art through the lens of its pioneers Park Seo-Bo, Kim Tschang-Yeul, ...
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He survived an assassination attempt. Now South Korea’s new president must heal divisions and tread cautiously with Trump
At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, a US ally ...
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Regionalism still a powerful force in South Korea as it votes for its next president, say experts
As South Korea chooses its next leader, experts said regionalism has eased but remains a powerful force, especially in the ...
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How regionalism is shaping politics in South Korea as it gears up for snap presidential election
As South Korea chooses its next leader, experts said regionalism has eased but remains a powerful force, especially in the ...
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Famous North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South following failed 1968 mission dies
In a news conference arranged by South Korean authorities, Kim stunned the nation by saying that his team came “to slit the throat of Park Chung-hee.” Sign up for the Breaking News newsletter ...
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Kim Shin Jo: The bizarre life of a failed North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South
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.
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Assassin of military strongman Park Chung-hee granted retrial 45 years later
Kim Jae-gyu, then South Korea's spy chief, shot and killed President Park on Oct. 26, 1979 and was executed in May the following year More than four decades after his execution for assassinating ...
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South Korean court reopens former president’s assassination case
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 ...
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‘12.12: The Day’ Review: South Korea’s Oscar Submission Is an Exciting Political Thriller About the Nation’s 1979 Coup d’Etat
Recreating the power grab by President Park Chung-hee, Kim Sung-su’s meticulously ... Placed in charge of investigating the assassination of long-term president Park – an event dramatized ...
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Impeachments, coups and deaths: The dark side of South Korean presidency
Park Chung-hee, the father of Park Geun-hye ... The power vacuum left by Park’s assassination enabled Chun Doo-hwan to seize control in the coup of December 1979. South Korea’s founding ...
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In pictures: South Korea’s history of military coups and martial law as president Yoon faces impeachment calls
It was last imposed in 1979 by Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah after the assassination of President Park Chung-hee, a military dictator who had seized power in a 1961 coup. It was then extended in ...