He was most famous for, while Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, assassinating South Korean President Park Chung Hee, who had been one of his closest friends for a long time, on October 26, 1979. He was subsequently executed by hanging on May 24, 1980.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• History of South Korea
• The President's Last Bang
• Assassination

References

• Assassination in Seoul TIME Magazine (1979-11-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
• Korea Times Panel Begins Inquiry Into Assassination of Ex-President Yoon Won-sup 08-09-2004