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 ...

Forty years after South Korea's spy chief was executed for shooting dead his boss, dictator Park Chung-hee, the assassin's sister is seeking to clear him of treason, arguing the killing was in the ...

The unveiling ceremony of the statue of former President Park Chung-hee is under way in front of the North Gyeongsang Provincial Office in Andong, southeastern South Korea, on Dec. 5, 2024.

More than four decades after his execution for assassinating President Park Chung-hee, South Korea’s former intelligence chief, Kim Jae-gyu, has been granted a retrial. The Seoul High Court ...

1982 -- The South Korean government decides to convert the former headquarters of the Japanese colonial government into a national museum. The former colonial building was demolished in 1995. 1983 -- ...

Park is the daughter of Park Chung-hee, the strongman who ruled South Korea for 17 years until his assassination in 1979. The 61-year-old Park is making an emotionally charged return to the Blue House ...

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 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 ...