Yuk Young-soo

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Yuk.
Yuk Young-soo
First Lady of South Korea
In office
24 March 1962 – 15 August 1974
Acting until 17 December 1963
President Park Chung-hee
Preceded by Gong Deok-gwi
Succeeded by Park Geun-hye (acting)
Personal details
Born (1925-09-29)September 29, 1925
Okcheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do, Japanese Korea
Died August 15, 1974(1974-08-15) (aged 48)
Seoul, South Korea
Spouse(s) Park Chung-hee (1950-1974)
Alma mater Baehwa Women's High School
Religion Buddhism

Yuk Young-soo (Korean pronunciation: [juɡjʌŋsu] November 29, 1925 – August 15, 1974) was the wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung-hee and the mother of incumbent South Korean president Park Geun-hye.

Biography

Yuk was born in Okcheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea in 1925. After graduating Baehwa Women's High School, she married Park Chung-hee who was Lieutenant Colonel in the military in 1950. Her children include the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, plus daughter Park Seo-yeong and son Park Ji-man. Yuk was a devout Buddhist and a devotee of Doseonsa in Seoul.[1]

Assassination

Korean name
Hangul 육영수
Hanja 陸英修
Revised Romanization Yuk Yeong-su
McCune–Reischauer Yuk Yŏngsu

At 10:00 a.m., August 15, 1974, South Korean independence day, Yuk was shot and killed by Mun Se-gwang, a North Korean sympathizer from Japan, while Mun attempted to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. Mun's first shot at Park Chung-hee missed. Mun then exchanged shots with a Park security guard, Park Jong-gyu, but missed and killed Yuk instead. Park Jong-gyu's shot ricocheted off a wall and killed a high school student, Jang Bong-hwa.

Yuk Young-soo is buried next to her husband at the Seoul National Cemetery.

See also

  • Park Chung-hee assassination

References

  1. ↑ Johnston, William M. (2000). Encyclopedia of monasticism 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 724. ISBN 978-1-57958-090-2. 

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Gong Deok-gwi		 First Lady of South Korea
1963 – 1974 		Succeeded by
Park Geun-hye
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