Park Chung Hee | biography - president of South Korea | Encyclopedia Britannica
Park Chung Hee, (born Sept. 30 or Nov. 14, 1917, Kumi, North Kyŏngsang province, Korea [now in South Korea]—died Oct. 26, 1979, Seoul, S.Kor.), South Korean general and politician, president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) from 1963 to his death. H...