Assassination of Park Chung-hee
1979 · Event
KCIA director Kim Jae-gyu shoots President Park Chung-hee at a dinner in Seoul, ending 18 years of authoritarian rule and opening the turbulent path to Korean democratisation.
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More from Korea
- Korean War (1950)
- Division of Korea at the 38th parallel (1945)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- King Sejong invents Hangul (1443)
- Founding of North and South Korea (1948)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
Around 1979
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Imagine (John Lennon) (1971)
- Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) (1983)