There is a controversy brewing over allegations that the statue of former President Park Chung-hee recently erected in front of Dongdaegu Station resembles Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo. The artist who ...

Medals commemorating the late President Park Chung-hee and his wife, Yook Young-soo, are released for the first time at an art center in Seoul on Nov. 20, 2024. (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome Your ...

Forty years after South Korea's spy chief was executed for shooting dead his boss, dictator Park Chung-hee, the assassin's sister is seeking to clear him of treason, arguing the killing was in the ...

The unveiling ceremony of the statue of former President Park Chung-hee is under way in front of the North Gyeongsang Provincial Office in Andong, southeastern South Korea, on Dec. 5, 2024.

He was a polarizing figure. Park Chung-hee became president after taking power in a coup d’état in 1961, exploiting the political turmoil left by Rhee’s resignation the previous year.

The daughter of the former President of Korea, Park Chung-hee, Ms. Park joins a large roster of female leaders in Asia whose rise to power is often credited with familial male connections — a wife, a ...

Rep. Park Geun-hye, the presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party, said Monday that historians will judge the dark days of her late father’s rule, refraining from commenting on his ...

Korea wants to expand cooperation with the United States in the space sector through President Park Geun-hye’s visit to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) center this week, ...

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye may be about to become the first national leader to be questioned by prosecutors while still in office.