Hosted on MSN23d
Court orders retrial of ex-spy chief who assassinated Park Chung Hee in 1979
Former intelligence chief Kim Jae-gyu, second from left, stands trial in 1979 for assassinating then-President Park Chung Hee. [JOONGANG ILBO] The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has ...
Courthouse News Service4y
Family of South Korean Dictator’s Assassin Seek Treason Acquittal
"A person needs to be punished for killing," Kim Jae-gyu's gray-haired sister Jung-sook, 81, told AFP. "But my brother did not kill the president so that he could become president or to commit treason ...
K-VIBE on MSN5mon
(Movie Review) 'A Normal Family': unpredictable journey down morally foggy road
A still from "A Normal Family," provided by Hive Media Corp., shows the two brothers, Jae-gyu (Jang Dong-gun) (L) and Jae-wan ...
Free Malaysia Today23d
South Korean court reopens former president’s assassination case
Park had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 15 years when he was shot and killed by spy boss and trusted aide Kim Jae-gyu during a dinner in 1979. Kim was subsequently sentenced to ...
The Korea Herald22d
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 ...
The Korea Times23d
Court orders retrial of ex-spy chief who assassinated then President Park Chung-hee in 1979
The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has decided to retry the case of former spy chief Kim Jae-gyu, who was convicted in 1979 for assassinating then President Park Chung-hee. The decision came ...
The Korea Times23d
Court orders retrial of ex-spy chief who assassinated then President Park Chung-hee in 1979
The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has decided to retry the case of former spy chief Kim Jae-gyu, who was convicted in 1979 for assassinating then President Park Chung-hee. The decision ...