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{{Villain_Infobox|image = 220px-Kim Jae-gyu portrait.jpg|fullname = Kim Jae-gyu|origin = March 6th, 1926|occupation = Soldier
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<br>Jeongmujik government official|goals = Assassinate Park Chung-hee (success)<br>Getting away from his crime (failed)|crimes = Murder|type of villain = South Korean Assassin|alias = Joongsu}}'''Kim Jae-gyu''' (Hangul: 김재규, March 6, 1926 – May 24, 1980) is an Korean military officer and head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA; now the National Intelligence Service) who, on Oct. 26, 1979, assassinated the South Korean president, [[Park Chung Hee]]. He was the lifelong friend and confidant of Park. They were born in the same hometown and were in the same class at the Korean Military Academy. Kim rose to the rank of lieutenant general after having been chief of army security command and the deputy director of the KCIA. After the top KCIA officer in Washington, D.C., defected during an investigation of South Korean influence in the U.S. Congress, He was appointed (1976) the head of the KCIA, an extremely powerful position under the authoritarian Park regime.
<br>Jeongmujik government official|goals = Assassinate Park Chung-hee (success)<br>Getting away from his crime (failed)|crimes = Murder|type of villain = South Korean Assassin|alias = Joongsu}}'''Kim Jae-gyu''' (Hangul: 김재규, March 6, 1926 – May 24, 1980) is an Korean military officer and head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA; now the National Intelligence Service).
 
On Oct. 26, 1979, he assassinated the South Korean president, [[Park Chung Hee]]. He was the lifelong friend and confidant of Park. They were born in the same hometown and were in the same class at the Korean Military Academy. Kim rose to the rank of lieutenant general after having been chief of army security command and the deputy director of the KCIA. After the top KCIA officer in Washington, D.C., defected during an investigation of South Korean influence in the U.S. Congress, He was appointed (1976) the head of the KCIA, an extremely powerful position under the authoritarian Park regime.


At a private dinner party hosted by Kim for President Park, He opened fire, killing Park and his chief security officer, Cha Chi Chŏl. He was arrested soon after the shooting by General Chung Sŭng Hwa. At first it was assumed that the shooting had been the result of an emotional outburst, but an investigation later showed it had been a carefully planned assassination. Kim asserted at his trial that he had killed his friend to avert a bloodbath that Park had been planning for his opponents and that only by killing Park could democracy be restored in South Korea. The government investigation, led by General Chun Doo Hwan, contended that Kim shot Park solely to preserve his own power and sentenced him to death. Kim and four KCIA aides were hanged.
At a private dinner party hosted by Kim for President Park, He opened fire, killing Park and his chief security officer, Cha Chi Chŏl. He was arrested soon after the shooting by General Chung Sŭng Hwa. At first it was assumed that the shooting had been the result of an emotional outburst, but an investigation later showed it had been a carefully planned assassination. Kim asserted at his trial that he had killed his friend to avert a bloodbath that Park had been planning for his opponents and that only by killing Park could democracy be restored in South Korea. The government investigation, led by General Chun Doo Hwan, contended that Kim shot Park solely to preserve his own power and sentenced him to death. Kim and four KCIA aides were hanged.

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Kim Jae-gyu
Full Name: Kim Jae-gyu
Alias: Joongsu
Origin: March 6th, 1926
Occupation: Soldier


Jeongmujik government official

Goals: Assassinate Park Chung-hee (success)
Getting away from his crime (failed)
Crimes: Murder
Type of Villain: South Korean Assassin

Kim Jae-gyu (Hangul: 김재규, March 6, 1926 – May 24, 1980) is an Korean military officer and head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA; now the National Intelligence Service).

On Oct. 26, 1979, he assassinated the South Korean president, Park Chung Hee. He was the lifelong friend and confidant of Park. They were born in the same hometown and were in the same class at the Korean Military Academy. Kim rose to the rank of lieutenant general after having been chief of army security command and the deputy director of the KCIA. After the top KCIA officer in Washington, D.C., defected during an investigation of South Korean influence in the U.S. Congress, He was appointed (1976) the head of the KCIA, an extremely powerful position under the authoritarian Park regime.

At a private dinner party hosted by Kim for President Park, He opened fire, killing Park and his chief security officer, Cha Chi Chŏl. He was arrested soon after the shooting by General Chung Sŭng Hwa. At first it was assumed that the shooting had been the result of an emotional outburst, but an investigation later showed it had been a carefully planned assassination. Kim asserted at his trial that he had killed his friend to avert a bloodbath that Park had been planning for his opponents and that only by killing Park could democracy be restored in South Korea. The government investigation, led by General Chun Doo Hwan, contended that Kim shot Park solely to preserve his own power and sentenced him to death. Kim and four KCIA aides were hanged.