Kim Shin-jo
Kim Shin-jo (born June 2, 1942) is one of two survivors of the 31-person team of North Korean commandos sent to assassinate the then president of South Korea, Park Chung-hee, in the Blue House raid in January 1968.[1]
The only other survivor, Pak Jae-gyong, made it back to the North, but Kim Shin-jo was captured by South Korean forces. He was interrogated for a year by the South Korean authorities before being released and he became a citizen of South Korea in 1970. When North Korean authorities found out that he became a South Korean citizen, his parents were executed and his relatives purged by North Korean authorities.[2][3]
Kim later became a pastor at Sungrak Sambong church in Gyeonggi-do. He has a wife and two children.[4]
References[]
- ^ Flora Lewis (February 18, 1968). "Seoul Feels a Cold Wind From the North". New York Times.
- ^ Sunny Lee (February 27, 2008). "What would Jesus do to North Korea?". Asia Times. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ John M. Glionna (July 18, 2010). "The face of South Korea's boogeyman". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.
- ^ McDonald, Mark (December 17, 2010). "Failed North Korean Assassin Assimilates in the South". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
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