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 ...

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 ...

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.

A card stunt honoring Park Chung-hee at on South Korea’s Armed Forces Day in 1973. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Baek Jong-sik Subscribe for ads-free reading Former South Korean president and ...

Faced with the same situation half a century ago, Park Chung-hee sought to improve North-South relations through the July 4 South-North Joint Communiqué of 1972 while simultaneously promoting ...

Park Geun Hye, the daughter of former leader Park Chung Hee, defeated Moon Jae She promised to fight corruption and reach out to North Korea The economy appeared to be the top issue among voters ...

Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed ...

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 who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then-South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, died April 9 ...

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.

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 ...