Kim Jaegyu
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| Kim Jaegyu | |
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| Hangul: |
김재규
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| Hanja: |
金載圭
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| Revised Romanization: | Kim Jae-gyu |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Kim Chae-gyu |
Kim Jaegyu (March 6, 1926–May 24, 1980) was a South Korean Army general and intelligence officer.
He was most famous for, while Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, assassinating South Korean President Park Chung Hee, who had been one of his closest friends for a long time, on October 26, 1979. He was subsequently executed.
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[edit] References
- Time Magazine Assassination in Seoul Nov. 5, 1979
- Korea Times Panel Begins Inquiry Into Assassination of Ex-President Yoon Won-sup 08-09-2004
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