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Kim Sin-jo
Kim Sin-jo is the only surviving member of a 31-member DPRK commando team that staged the 1968 Blue House raid to kill ROK President Park Chung hee.
KIM SIN-JO (1941- ). Kim Sin-jo is the only surviving member of a 31-member Democratic People's Republic of Korea commando team that in January 1968 staged the Blue House attack on the Republic of Korea (ROK) presidential mansion in an apparent attempt to kill President Park Chung hee. Most of his companions were killed, but Kim, a special forces' lieutenant, was captured. After a year's interrogation, he was released and allowed to adopt a new life in the ROK. For a time he was a small shopkeeper, but was eventually persuaded by his wife to become a Christian. He became a pastor in the 1990s and preaches about the evils of communism in the ROK and abroad.
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