Saturday 23 June 2018

Former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil passes on

Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died.
Kim Jong-pil (pictured in August 2016) was declared dead on arrival at Seoul's Soonchunhyang University Hospital from his home on Saturday 
He was 92.
Kim was declared dead on arrival at Seoul's Soonchunhyang University Hospital from his home on Saturday, said hospital official Lee Mi-jong. He described the cause of death as age-related complications. A retired lieutenant colonel, Kim was a key member of a 1961 coup that put army Maj. Gen. Park Chung-hee in power until his 1979 assassination.

1 comment:

  1. Fearless21:25

    He was old na. Well sha rest in power! (RIP)

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