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Assassination Of Park Chung-hee
On October 26, 1979, Park Chung Hee, the third president of South Korea, was Assassination, assassinated during a dinner at the National Intelligence Service (South Korea), Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safe house near the Blue House presidential compound in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It was the first assassination of a head of state in the Korean peninsula in 605 years since the assassination of Gongmin of Goryeo. Kim Jae-gyu, the then director of the KCIA, was responsible for the assassination. Park was shot in the chest and the head, after which he died almost immediately. Four bodyguards and a presidential chauffeur were also killed. The incident is often referred to as "10.26" or the "10.26 incident" in South Korea. There is a great deal of controversy surrounding Kim's motives; it remains uncertain whether the act was part of a planned coup d'état or was merely impulsive. Background President Park's dictatorship By the time of his assassination, Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue House
Cheong Wa Dae (), also known as the Blue House in English, is a public park that was the former Office of the President of South Korea, executive office and residence of the president of South Korea. Located in Seoul's Jongno District, directly behind Gyeongbokgung Palace, it served as the center of presidential administration and state receptions from 1948 until 2022. Under the presidency of Yoon Suk Yeol, it was opened to the public as a museum and urban park. Cheong Wa Dae is expected to become the presidential residence again after the presidential office is moved. Cheong Wa Dae is a complex of multiple buildings built largely in the traditional Korean architecture, Korean architectural style with some modern architectural elements and facilities. It currently consists of the Main Office Hall ''Bon-gwan'', the Presidential Residence, the State Reception House ''Yeongbin-gwan'', the ''Chunchu-gwan'', Press Hall, the Secretariat Buildings, and other buildings and structures. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doopedia
''Doosan Encyclopedia'' () is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (). The encyclopedia is based on the ''Dong-A Color Encyclopedia'' (), which comprises 30 volumes and began to be published in 1982 by Dong-A Publishing (). Dong-A Publishing was merged into Doosan Donga, a subsidiary of Doosan Group, in February 1985. The ''Doosan Encyclopedia'' is a major encyclopedia in South Korea. Digital edition EnCyber The online version of the ''Doosan Encyclopedia'' was named EnCyber, which is a blend of two English words: ''Encyclopedia'' and ''Cyber''. The company has stated that, with the trademark, it aims to become a center of living knowledge. EnCyber provides free content to readers via South Korean portals such as Naver. Naver has risen to the top position in the search engine market of South Korea partially because of the popularity of EnCyber encyclopedia. When Naver exclusively contracted Doosan Doonga in 2003, the former paid multi billion won to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United States To South Korea
The United States ambassador to South Korea () is the chief diplomatic representative of the United States accredited to the Republic of Korea. The ambassador's official title is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea."Embassy of the United States, Seoul Ambassador Korea After the United States–Korea Treaty of 1882 was negotiated, diplomatic representatives were sent from Washington to Seoul.Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921–1922. (1922). From then until 1905, there were several Envoys and Consuls General, each heading what was called a legation. After the Japanese had defeated the Chinese in 1895, and the Russians in 1905, Korea began to see its independence disappear. By 1910, Japan had Korea under Japanese rule, annexed Korea and the U.S. no longer had a diplomatic presence in Korea. Envoy, resident minister, and consul-general South Korea At the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter Administration
Jimmy Carter's tenure as the List of presidents of the United States, 39th president of the United States began with Inauguration of Jimmy Carter, his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. Carter, a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, took office following his narrow victory over Republican Party (United States), Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford in the 1976 United States presidential election, 1976 presidential election. His presidency ended following his landslide defeat in the 1980 United States presidential election, 1980 presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan, after one term in office. At the time of his death at the age of 100, he was the oldest living, longest-lived and List of long marriages, longest-married president, and has the longest post-presidency. Carter took office during a period of "stagflation", as the economy experienced a combination of high inflation and slow economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Young-sam
Kim Young-sam (, ; 20 December 1927 – 22 November 2015), often referred to by his initials YS, was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the seventh president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998. From 1961, Kim spent almost 30 years as one of the leaders of the South Korean opposition and one of the most powerful rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan. He was elected to the National Assembly at the age of 25, the youngest in Korean history, and served as a nine-term lawmaker, working as a leader with Kim Dae-jung and the Democratization, democratic camp. His nickname is Geosan (巨山) and his hometown is Gimnyeong (金寧). Elected as president in the 1992 South Korean presidential election, 1992 presidential election, Kim became the first civilian to hold the office in over 30 years. He was inaugurated on 25 February 1993, and served a single five-year term, presiding over a massive anti-corruption campaign, the arrest of his two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Party (South Korea)
The New Democratic Party (NDP; ) was a South Korean opposition party that existed from 1967 to 1980, when it was forcibly dissolved by the ninth amendment of the constitution promulgated by Chun Doo-hwan the same year. It was the main opposition party during the Park Chung Hee dictatorial regime, and especially since 1972, when the Yushin constitution was put into effect. Timeline of the party * 7 February 1967 – founded as a coalition of the parties opposing the Park regime – that is, the New Korea Party led by former President Yun Bo-seon and Populist Party led by Park Sun-cheon. * 21 February 1967 – officially registered. * 8 September 1969 – internal party crisis, as there is no consensus about the amendment of the constitution to allow Park Chung-hee run for a third reelection. * 21 September 1969 – the party is again registered. * 26 January 1970 – the Liberal Party representatives join the NDP. * 3 February 1970 – the independents in the National Assembly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republican Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Republican Party (DRP; ) was a conservative, broadly corporatistKim, B. K. & Vogel, E. F. (eds.) (2011). ''The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea''. Harvard University Press. p. 125. and nationalistKohli, A. (2004). ''State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 92. political party in South Korea, ruling from shortly after its formation on February 2, 1963Youngmi Kim, ''The Politics of Coalition in Korea'' (Taylor & Francis, 2011) p. 22. to its dissolution under Chun Doo-hwan in 1980. History Under the control of Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea from his military coup d'état of 1961 until his assassination in 1979, the party oversaw a period of corporatism, state capitalism, and developmentalism, known as the " Miracle of the Han River", where a predominantly poor and agrarian country was transformed into an industrial " tiger economy". The combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 South Korean Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 12 December 1978 to elect 154 members of the National Assembly.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p420 Another 77 members appointed by President Park Chung-hee were indirectly elected by the National Conference for Unification on 21 December 1978. Despite garnering 169,000 fewer popular votes than the opposition New Democratic Party, the ruling Democratic Republican Party won a supermajority victory with 68 of the 154 elected seats in the National Assembly and an additional 77 members appointed by President Park. Voter turnout was 77.1%. Electoral system Two-thirds of the seats were elected from two-member constituencies via single non-transferable vote. The remaining one-third of the seats were presidential appointees, nominated by president Park and confirmed by the National Conference for Unification elected in May 1978. Results By city/province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (South Korea)
The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea () is the Unicameralism, unicameral national legislature of South Korea. Legislative elections in South Korea, Elections to the National Assembly are held every four years. The latest 2024 South Korean legislative election, legislative elections were held on 10 April 2024. The current National Assembly held its first meeting, and also began its current four year term, on 30 May 2024. The current Speaker was elected 5 June 2024. The National Assembly has 300 seats, with 254 constituency seats and 46 proportional representation seats; PR seats are assigned an additional member system ''de jure'' but parallel voting ''de facto'' because the usage of decoy lists by the Democratic and People Power Parties is prevalent. The unicameral assembly consists of at least 200 members according to the Constitution of South Korea, South Korean constitution. In 1990 the assembly had 299 seats, 224 of which were directly elected from single-member di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indirect Voting
An indirect election or ''hierarchical voting,'' is an election in which voters do not choose directly among candidates or parties for an office (Voting system, direct voting system), but elect people who in turn choose candidates or parties. It is one of the oldest forms of elections and is used by many countries for heads of state (such as president (government title), presidents), cabinet (government), cabinets, heads of government (such as prime ministers), and/or upper houses. It is also used for some supranational legislatures. Positions that are indirectly elected may be chosen by a permanent body (such as a parliament) or by a special body convened solely for that purpose (such as an electoral college). In nearly all cases the body that controls the federal executive government, executive branch (such as a cabinet (politics), cabinet) is elected indirectly. This includes the cabinets of most parliamentary systems; members of the public elect the parliamentarians, who then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
