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69 relations: Assassination, Assassination of Park Chung-hee, Battle of Khe Sanh, Blue House, Buam-dong, Seoul, Cemetery for North Korean and Chinese Soldiers, Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Charles H. Bonesteel III, Cold War, Commando, Communism, Dictator, Dobongsan, Extraction (military), Frostbite, Hand-to-hand combat, Hongje-dong, Imjin River, Independence Palace, Inwangsan, Jongno, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jae-gyu, Kim Shin-jo, Knife fight, Korean conflict, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean DMZ Conflict, Korean People's Army, Lee Hu-rak, Lyndon B. Johnson, May 16 coup, Mockup, National Intelligence Service (South Korea), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, North Korea, North Korea–Vietnam relations, North Vietnam, Paju, Pak Jae-gyong, Park Chung-hee, PPS submachine gun, President of South Korea, Republic of Korea Army, Seoul, Silmido (film), South Korean legislative election, 1967, South Korean presidential election, 1963, South Korean presidential election, 1967, Tet Offensive, ..., The Dong-a Ilbo, Third Republic of Korea, TT pistol, Uijeongbu, Ulchin-Samcheok Landings, Unit 124, United Nations Command, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission, Korea, United States Navy, USS Pueblo (AGER-2), Viet Cong, Vietnam War, War Memorial of Korea, Yonsan County, 1st Infantry Division (South Korea), 209th Detachment, 2325th Group, 25th Infantry Division (South Korea), 2nd Infantry Division (United States), 7th Infantry Division (United States). Expand index (19 more) »
Assassination
Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.
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Assassination of Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea, was assassinated on Friday, October 26, 1979 at 7:41 p.m. during a dinner at a Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safehouse inside the Blue House presidential compound, in Gungjeong-dong, Seoul by Kim Jae-gyu, who was the director of KCIA and the president's security chief.
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Battle of Khe Sanh
The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), during the Vietnam War.
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Blue House
The Blue House (청와대; Hanja: 靑瓦臺; Cheong Wa Dae; literally "pavilion of blue tiles") is the executive office and official residence of the South Korean head of state, the President of the Republic of Korea, and is located in the capital city of Seoul.
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Buam-dong, Seoul
Buam-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Jongno-gu in Seoul, South Korea.
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Cemetery for North Korean and Chinese Soldiers
Cemetery for North Korean and Chinese Soldiers (also known as the Enemy Cemetery) located in Jajang-Ro, Papyeong-myeon (파평면), Paju, South Korea, is a burial ground for North Korean casualties of the Korean War and North Korean agents killed in South Korea since the end of the war.
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Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between WPK national meetings.
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Charles H. Bonesteel III
Charles Hartwell Bonesteel III (September 26, 1909 – October 13, 1977) was an American military commander, the son of Major General Charles Hartwell Bonesteel Jr. and grandson of Major Charles H. Bonesteel Sr.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).
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Commando
A commando is a soldier or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force often specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting or abseiling.
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Communism
In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.
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Dictator
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power.
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Dobongsan
Dobongsan is a mountain in Bukhansan National Park, South Korea.
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Extraction (military)
In military tactics, extraction (also exfiltration or exfil), is the process of removing personnel when it is considered imperative that they be immediately relocated out of a hostile environment and taken to a secure area.
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Frostbite
Frostbite occurs when exposure to low temperatures causes freezing of the skin or other tissues.
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Hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat (sometimes abbreviated as HTH or H2H) is a lethal or non-lethal physical confrontation between two or more persons at very short range (grappling distance, or within the physical reach of a handheld weapon) that does not involve the use of ranged weapons.
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Hongje-dong
Hongje-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seodaemun-gu in Seoul, South Korea.
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Imjin River
The Imjin River (in South Korea) or Rimjin River (in North Korea) is the 7th largest river in Korea.
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Independence Palace
Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Inwangsan
Inwangsan is a mountain with a height of 338 meters, located in Jongno-gu and Hongje-dong, Seodaemun-gu, central areas of Seoul, South Korea.
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Jongno
Jongno (literally "Bell Street") is a trunk road and one of the oldest major east–west thoroughfares in Seoul, South Korea.
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Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung (or Kim Il Sung) (born Kim Sŏng-ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the first leader of North Korea, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
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Kim Jae-gyu
Kim Jae-gyu (Hangul: 김재규, March 6, 1926 – May 24, 1980) was a South Korean Army Lieutenant General and the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
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Kim Shin-jo
Kim Shin-Jo 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.
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Knife fight
A knife fight is a violent physical confrontation between two or more combatants in which one or more participants is armed with a knife.
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Korean conflict
The Korean conflict is based on the division between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south, both of which claim to be the government of the entire peninsula.
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Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ; Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul: 한반도 비무장 지대; Hanja: 韓半島非武裝地帶) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula.
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Korean DMZ Conflict
The Korean DMZ Conflict, also referred to as the Second Korean War by some, was a series of low-level armed clashes between North Korean forces and the forces of South Korea and the United States, largely occurring between 1966 and 1969 at the Korean DMZ.
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Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA) is an institution of the Workers' Party of Korea, and constitutes the de facto military force of North Korea.
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Lee Hu-rak
Lee Hu-rak (23 February 1924 – October 31, 2009) was a South Korean intelligence officer and the Director of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) of South Korea from 1970 to 1973.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
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May 16 coup
The May 16 military coup d'état was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961, organized and carried out by Park Chung-hee and his allies who formed the Military Revolutionary Committee, nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after the latter's acquiescence on the day of the coup.
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Mockup
In manufacturing and design, a mockup, or mock-up, is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.
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National Intelligence Service (South Korea)
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) (대한민국국가정보원, 국정원) is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea.
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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was the president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975.
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North Korea
North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.
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North Korea–Vietnam relations
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam established formal diplomatic relations on January 31, 1950.
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North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, although it did not achieve widespread recognition until 1954.
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Paju
Paju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
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Pak Jae-gyong
Pak Jae-gyong (born 10 June 1933), is a North Korean politician and soldier.
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Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee (or; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician, general, who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979, assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military junta installed by the May 16 coup in 1961.
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PPS submachine gun
The PPS (Russian: ППС – "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel.
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President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the South Korean constitution, the chairperson of the cabinet, the chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of South Korea.
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Republic of Korea Army
The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國 陸軍; Revised Romanization: Daehanminguk Yuk-gun), also known as the ROK Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare.
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Seoul
Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.
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Silmido (film)
Silmido is a 2003 South Korean action drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk.
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South Korean legislative election, 1967
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 8 June 1967.
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South Korean presidential election, 1963
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 15 October 1963.
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South Korean presidential election, 1967
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 3 May 1967.
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Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive (Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968), or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 (Tổng Tiến công và Nổi dậy Tết Mậu Thân 1968) by North Vietnam and the NLF (National Liberation Front), was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies.
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The Dong-a Ilbo
The Dong-A Ilbo (literally East Asia Daily) is a newspaper in Korea since 1920 with daily circulation of more than 1.2 million and opinion leaders as its main readers.
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Third Republic of Korea
The Third Republic of South Korea was the government of South Korea from 1963 to 1972.
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TT pistol
The TT-30 (7,62 mm Samozaryadny Pistolet Tokareva obraztsa 1930 goda, "7.62 mm Tokarev self-loading pistol model 1930", TT stands for Tula-Tokarev) is a Russian semi-automatic pistol.
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Uijeongbu
Uijeongbu is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
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Ulchin-Samcheok Landings
The Ulchin-Samcheok landings was an unsuccessful attempt by the DPRK to establish guerrilla camps in the Taebaek Mountains on October 30, 1968, in order to topple Park Chung-hee's regime and bring about the reunification of Korea.
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Unit 124
Unit 124 was a North Korean Special Operation Forces unit, in the Korean People's Army (KPA).
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United Nations Command
The United Nations Command (UNC) is the unified command structure for the multinational military forces, established in 1950, supporting South Korea (the Republic of Korea or ROK) during and after the Korean War.
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United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission, Korea
The United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) was established in July 1953 at the end of the Korean War to supervise the Korean Armistice Agreement, and which has been operating ever since.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is known today as the "Pueblo incident" or alternatively, as the "Pueblo crisis".
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Viet Cong
The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam) also known as the Việt Cộng was a mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia with its own army – the People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam (PLAF) – that fought against the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, eventually emerging on the winning side.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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War Memorial of Korea
War Memorial of Korea is located in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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Yonsan County
Yŏnsan County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.
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1st Infantry Division (South Korea)
The 1st Infantry Division (제1보병사단, Hangul: 第一步兵師團) is a military formation of the Republic of Korea Army's I Corps.
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209th Detachment, 2325th Group
209th Detachment, 2325th Group, commonly known as Unit 684, was a black operation team of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROK Air Force) whose only given task was to assassinate North Korea's premier Kim Il-sung.
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25th Infantry Division (South Korea)
The 25th Infantry Division (제25보병사단), also known as Biryong (비룡), was one of three infantry divisions founded near the end of the Korean War.
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2nd Infantry Division (United States)
The 2nd Infantry Division ("Indianhead"; "2ID," "2nd ID", or "Second D") is a formation of the United States Army.
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7th Infantry Division (United States)
The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House_raid
