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Kim Jae-kyu - Definition and Overview

Kim Jaekyu
Korean Name
Revised Romanization Gim Jae-gyu
McCune-Reischauer Kim Chae-kyu
Hangul 김재규
Hanja 金載圭

Kim Jae-kyu (1926May 24, 1980) was a South Korean military and intelligence officer.

He was most famous for, while Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, assassinating South Korean President Park Chung Hee, who had been one of his closest friends for a long time, on October 26, 1979. He was subsequently executed.

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