assassination of Park Chung-hee

When

26 Oct 1979

Kind

Murder

Killed

6

Coordinates

37.59° N, 126.97° E

Description

assassination of the president of South Korea in 1979

Cause

Busan–Masan Democratic Protests

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1979 assassination of South Korean president

On 26 October 1979, Park Chung Hee, the third president of South Korea, was assassinated 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 on the Korean peninsula in 605 years since the assassination of King Gongmin of Goryeo.

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