Saturday, January 27, 2007

Park Chung Hee Predicting his own Downfall?

Could it be possible that former South Korean President Park Chung Hee had a knack for prophesizing his own demise?

During the 1969 general referendum on his third presidential term, Park reportedly asserted that "only when I die will I vacate this [presidential] seat."

How ironic that Park's prediction turned out to be true, for he was assassinated in office in 1979 by his intelligence chief Kim Jae Kyu.

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