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He was the face of evil and terror for a generation of Koreans a North Korean commando fighter who came into Seoul to assassinate the South Korean president at the time, Park Jung Hee.
Kim recalls the chilling announcement he made to reporters more than 30 years ago:
came from North Korea to kill president Park Chung Hee. I came to cut the throat of Park Chung Hee,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Kim said.
were taught that America had turned South Korea into a colony, he said, our mission was to remove the puppet government. January, 1968, 31 North Korean commandos managed to slip across the border, through the woods, and make it within a few hundred meters of the president residence. But a South Korean police officer confronted them. A gunfight ensued.
In the end, more than 30 South Koreans were killed. All of the North Korean commandos were killed,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], except one who managed to make it back into North Korea and Kim Shin Jo, who was captured.
Kim underwent months of interrogation while captive behind bars. A South Korean army general befriended him and broke through his hardened training.
tried to kill the president. I was the enemy, Kim said. the South Korean people showed me sympathy and forgiveness. I was touched and moved. government eventually released Kim, finding he never fired a shot from his gun and didn hurt anyone during the assassination attempt.
Kim later worked for the South Korean military,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], became a citizen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], married and had a family. Then he became a minister.
He is now the country symbol of redemption.
Today, tensions on the divided peninsula are the highest in a decade with few answers for workable,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], longterm solutions. But Kim is living proof that even the hardest of hearts in this conflict can change.
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