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Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his assassination in 1979. His regime oversaw a period of intense economic growth and transformation, making Park one of the most consequential leaders in Korean history, although his legacy as a military dictator remains a…
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politics · President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979 · politician · army officer · also Park Chung-hee, Park Chung Hee, Bak Jeonghui, Pak Chŏnghŭi, Masao Takagi, Chung-hee
Born 14 November 1917 · Died 26 October 1979 · Q14356
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“time for South Korea to wean itself from a passive position of receiving help or suffering intervention, and to assume a proactive role of taking responsibility on major international issues.”
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Rappler rated the claim “During a visit to the Philippines in the 1960s, former South Korean President Park Chung-Hee visited the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), with former President Ferdinand Marcos.” False.
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Posits that Park may have joined the Gando Special Force as another show of fealty
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Died 1979-10-26.
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“But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.”
Making this one of the fastest and largest reductions in poverty in human history
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“If we are weak, our country will be in jeopardy. It is the living lesson of human history of the rise and fall of nations. In order for a country not to fall, it must cultivate its own strength.”
“This territory belongs to our citizens, and we are the main agents of its defense.”
Park was assassinated by his close friend Kim Jae-gyu, director of the KCIA, following the Busan–Masan Uprising
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For a special "South Korea-Iran" summit to further deepen relations, but due to the Iranian Revolution, it never materialized
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Park was delivering a speech in the National Theater in Seoul at the ceremony to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the ending of colonial rule when a man named Mun Se-gwang fired a gun at Park from the front row
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And successfully in 1978, contributing to a softening of tensions between the two Cold War enemies
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Park cracked down on the People's Revolutionary Party, a self-proclaimed leftist party and the first since Park seized power in 1961, with the National Security Law, that resulted in the execution of eight people
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Kim was sentenced to death for his poem, and though he was not executed, he spent almost all of the 1970s in prison
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Over strong objections from the World Bank and consequently laid the foundation for a self-reliant defense industry
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Park enacted an "Emergency Financial Act of August 3rd" (8·3긴급금융조치), which banned all private loans to make the foundation of economic growth, and supported chaebols even further
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Both countries released a joint statement specifying that reunification must be achieved internally with no reliance on external forces or outside interference, that the process must be achieved peacefully without the us
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“based on the dangerous realities of the international situation”
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Career landmark: President of South Korea (1972–1979).
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Park declared martial law after carrying out a self-coup
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Park won another close election against his rival, Kim Dae-jung
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And the unit subsequently mutinied, resulting in a firefight in Seoul in which most of the members of the unit were killed
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Park launched his Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement) that set out to modernize the countryside by providing electricity and running water to farmers, building paved roads, and replacing thatched roofs with tin roofs
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Hyundai finished the construction of the Seoul-Pusan Expressway, which became one of the busiest highways of South Korea, and in 1975 produced the Pony, its first car that was designed entirely by its own engineers
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There were 200,000 television sets in operation in South Korea, and by 1979 there were six million television sets operating in South Korea
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Only 6% of South Korean families owned a television; by 1979 four of every five South Korean families owned a TV
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The 31-man Unit 124 of North Korean People's Army special forces commandos attempted to assassinate Park and nearly succeeded
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Park promised that, in accordance with the 1963 Constitution which limited the president to two consecutive terms, he would step down in 1971
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Defeating Yun with somewhat less difficulty
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Opened its first car factory, building automobiles under license for Ford
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Park founded the Kuro Industrial Park in southwestern Seoul, and created the state owned Pohang Iron and Steel Company Limited to provide cheap steel for the chaebol, who were founding the first automobile factories and
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In which the North Korean leader challenged the legitimacy of the 1953 Armistice Agreement
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The Park administration and the government of Japan under Eisaku Satō signed the Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea, which normalized relations between Japan and South Korea for the first t
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“I felt as though I had lost everything in the world. All things became a burden and I lost my courage and will. A year has passed since then. And during that year I have cried alone in secret too many times to count.”
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Which was a major change as previously homes and businesses were provided with electricity for a few hours every day
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Was elected president in his own right as the candidate of the newly created Democratic Republican Party
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Career landmark: President of South Korea (1963–1972).
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Park, who remained chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, consolidated his power by becoming acting president; he was also promoted to full general
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And following a visit to Iran in 1969, developed a close relationship with the two countries
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Career landmark: President of South Korea (1962–1963).
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By declaring the city of Ulsan as a "special industrial development zone"
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The military council created the Korean Central Intelligence Agency in order to prevent counter-coups and suppress potential enemies, both foreign and domestic
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Which was nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after his defection on the day it started
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The North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung secretly sent Hwang Tae-song, a former friend of Park Chung Hee and a vice-minister in ministry of trade, to South Korea, hoping to improve inter-Korean relations
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South Korea sent labor forces to West Germany, including more than 8,000 mine workers and 10,000 nurses, which continued until 1977
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Was to pass strict legislation metrifying the country and banning the use of traditional Korean measurements like the li and pyeong
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South Korea's per capita income was only US$72
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Syngman Rhee, the authoritarian inaugural President of South Korea, was forced out of office and into exile following the April Revolution, a student-led uprising
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Park became commander of the Pusan Logistics Command before becoming Chief of the Operations Staff of the South Korean Army and the deputy commander of the Second Army
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Park had risen to become a brigadier general
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Before switching to artillery and commanded the II and III Artillery Corps during the war
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The Manchukuo newspaper Manshū Shimbun ran an article called "Blood Oath: Desire to be an Army Officer: Young Teacher from the Peninsula"
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Park applied to join the Manchukuo Army Military Academy, which was to open the following year
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Park graduated from Taegu, ranked 69 out of 70 in his class
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Was ranked last among the 73 students in his class and missed more days of school each year
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Making him unable to assist the rest of the family
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Park began secretly dating Yi Chŏngok (이정옥), who was attending a girls school in the same city
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Park was admitted to Taegu Normal School, a secondary school that trained elementary school teachers
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At age 9 and eventually graduated on March 25, 1932
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In Sangmo-dong, Gumi, Korea, Empire of Japan to father Pak Sŏngbin and mother Paek Namŭi
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Born 1917-11-14.
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The elder Park moved to his wife's village of Sangmo-dong, where he was given a small plot of land
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