Kim Shin-jo

Kim Shin-jo (born June 2, 1942) is one of two survivors of the 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]

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Shin-jo (center) with the South Korean general Han Moo-hyup (left).

The only other survivor, Pak Jae-gyong, made it back to the North, but Kim Shin-jo was captured by South Korean forces. He was interrogated for a year by the South Korean authorities before being released and after he became a citizen of South Korea in 1970, his parents were executed and his relatives purged by North Korean authorities.[2][3]

Kim later became a pastor at Sungrak Sambong church in Gyeonggi-do. He has a wife and two children.[4]

References
  1. Flora Lewis (February 18, 1968). "Seoul Feels a Cold Wind From the North". New York Times.
  2. Sunny Lee (February 27, 2008). "What would Jesus do to North Korea?". Asia Times.
  3. John M. Glionna (July 18, 2010). "The face of South Korea's boogeyman". Los Angeles Times.
  4. McDonald, Mark (December 17, 2010). "Failed North Korean Assassin Assimilates in the South". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2014.


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