Former spy chief retried over 1979 presidential assassination


The country has kicked off a retrial for its former spy chief, Kim Jae-gyu, over the 1979 assassination of then-president Park Chung-hee, Kim’s family said.

Park had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 15 years when he was shot and killed by his head of intelligence and trusted aide Kim at a dinner in 1979.

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