SKorean police say man burns late dictator's home
Source: Associated Press
SKorean police say man burns late dictator's home
Updated 1:19 am, Thursday, December 1, 2016
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korean police say they have detained a man suspected of setting fire to the birthplace of late military dictator Park Chung-hee, the father of current President Park Geun-hye.
The fire Thursday happened in the southern city of Gumi. It comes as Park Geun-hye faces a push in parliament to impeach her over allegations that she allowed a confidante to pull government strings and extort businesses.
Millions of people have protested against Park over the last month.
Police in Gumi say that at least one of the buildings at the home, which is now a tourist site, was seriously damaged.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/SKorean-police-say-man-burns-late-dictator-s-home-10646441.php
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Park Chung-hee with Vice-President Richard Nixon
His future was so bright he had to wear shades.
Current protest posters
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Wikipedia, Park Chung-hee, dictator father of the current S. Korean President:
Park Chung-hee (Korean pronunciation: [pk̚.t͈ɕʌŋ.ɦi]; 14 November 1917 26 October 1979) was a South Korean president and military general who led South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979. Park seized power through the May 16 coup, a military coup d'tat that overthrew the Second Republic of South Korea in 1961 and ruled as a military strongman at the head of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction until his election and inauguration as the President of the Third Republic of South Korea in 1963. In 1972, Park declared martial law and recast the constitution into a highly authoritarian document, ushering in the Fourth Republic of South Korea. After surviving several assassination attempts, including two operations associated with North Korea, Park was assassinated on 26 October 1979 by Kim Jae-gyu, the chief of his own security services.[2] He had led South Korea for 18 years. Park's first-born daughter, Park Geun-hye, is the current President of South Korea.
More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee