Kim Shin-jo
Template:Korean name Kim Shin-Jo is the sole survivor of a 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][2] After the failed attempt he was interrogated for a year by the South Korean authorities before being released. After he became a citizen of South Korea in 1970, his parents were executed and his relatives purged by the North Korean authorities.[3] Kim later became a missionary at the Protestant Church in North Seoul.
References
- ^ NY Times – “Seoul Feels a Cold Wind From the North” - FLORA LEWIS - February 18, 1968, Sunday - Section: Magazine, Page SM30, 5757 words
- ^ The Washington Post - “Agent Wins Sympathy In S. Korea; Bomber Is Pitied As Victim of North“ - January 25, 1988 - Peter Maass
- ^ http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/JB27Dg01.html