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1 day ago · One of the two films, “Park Chung-hee: The Man Who Dreamed of an Economic Powerhouse,” directed by Son Hyun-woo, will hit local theaters on July 10. The film captures the live performances of the “Musical Park Chung Hee,” which has been staged in major cities across South Korea since 2021. Son utilized eight cameras placed both onstage ...
5 days ago · SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The biopic "Park Chung-hee: The Man Who Dreamed of an Economic Powerhouse" is a live capture release of a theater musical about the former South Korean president credited with rebuilding the country after the devastation of the 1950-53 Korean War but decried as a dictator. The movie opens with the wedding of Park and ...
3 days ago · South Korea - Yushin, 4th Republic, Democracy: In December 1971, shortly after his inauguration to a third presidential term, Park declared a state of national emergency, and 10 months later (October 1972) he suspended the constitution and dissolved the legislature.
5 days ago · Lee's conviction came six months after his successor and fellow conservative Park Geun-hye was convicted in a separate corruption scandal that triggered the country's biggest political turmoil in decades. Park is no longer serving a 25-year prison sentence.
2 days ago · Moon's predecessor and daughter of Park Chung Hee, Park Geun-hye, originally planned to mandate usage of state-issued history textbooks in 2018. Moon reversed those plans in May 2017 in one of his first major acts as president.
4 days ago · During preparations for US President Nixon's visit to China in 1972, South Korean President Park Chung Hee initiated covert contact with the North's Kim Il Sung. In August 1971, the first Red Cross talks between North and South Korea were held. [27]
5 days ago · Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Learn more about Kim’s life and career in this article.
