Identity
Current Charges
- Military coup and authoritarian rule.
- Suppression of dissent and opposition.
- Censorship and emergency rule.
- Political imprisonment allegations.
Full Bio
Park Chung Hee was a South Korean general who seized power in a 1961 coup and ruled until 1979. His rule was associated with rapid economic development, but also authoritarian control, censorship, imprisonment of dissidents, and emergency powers.