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Article: PARK CHUNG-HEE.

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The strongman of Korea

"Aloof, authoritarian and disdainful, Park Chung-hee demanded respect, not popularity. And that is what he got" -- Time, November 5, 1979.

The first accounts to emerge from an official Seoul dinner on October 26, 1979, were vague but ominous.

South Korea's strongman, President Park Chung-hee, had been "incapacitated", one report suggested, but the scene at the party -- the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) headquarters -- was shocking. Seven corpses lay around the compound. Six were of bodyguards. The other figure was unmistakable -- President Park.

Policy disputes and fears of dismissal led the KCIA ...

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