Park Chung Hee
(1917–1979), Third president of the Republic of Korea. Park Chung Hee (Pak Chong-hui) gained political control of South Korea through a military coup on 16 May 1961. He first rul...
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Yushin
South Korean President Park Chung Hee (1917–1979) set forth the idea of yushin ("revitalization" or "reform") in October 1972 when he suspended the national c...
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Chung Hee Park (1917-1979) was a soldier, revolutionary leader, and president of South Korea from 1963 to 1979. He led the military coup of May 16, 1961, which toppled the Korean Second Republic and P...
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South Korea's election watchdog ruled Thursday that President Roh Moo-hyun violated election laws by criticizing the opposition party ahead of this year's presidential vote.The National Election Co...
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6 dead, 2-year-old girl seriously hurt in Wisconsin shooting
NEW YORK - Six people, including infant twins, were found shot
dead and a 2-year-old girl was found with a gunshot wo...
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The daughter of a former South Korean military ruler formally declared her presidential candidacy Monday, apologizing for those who suffered under her father's rule while promising to resolve the N...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press:
PRIMARY VICTORY (The Korea Times, Seoul)
Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak emerged as the winner of the
heated primary race of the...
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Seoul (dpa) - Outgoing South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun
violated election law by criticizing opposition candidates vying to
replace him, the government's election watchdo...
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_Aug. 15, 1945: Japan surrenders to end World War II in Asia and also its colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula._May 10, 1948: South Korea holds elections without the North and Syngman Rhee b...
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South Korea's intelligence agency considered asking a Japanese
crime syndicate to kill Kim Dae Jung before the opposition leader,
who later became the country's president, was abducted from a...
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Oct 19 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on Oct. 26 since 1900: 1905 - Revolutionary Russian workers in St. Petersburg
formed the first Soviet, or workers' assemb...
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(EDS: ADDING DETAILS FROM REPORT)
The South Korean government on Wednesday released a report
admitting its former intelligence agency's involvement in the
abduction of Kim Dae Jung, a leadin...
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(EDS; ADDING DETAILS)
South Korea conveyed to Japan on Wednesday ''deep regrets'' that
its former intelligence agency was involved in the 1973 abduction of
former President Kim Dae Jung, t...
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Park Chung Hee
Chung Hee Park
S. Korean president cited for remarks
