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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Mun.
Mun Segwang (born 1951 in Japan, died December 1974 in South Korea) was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate the President and de facto military dictator of South Korea, Major General Park Chung-Hee, on 15 August 1974. The assassination attempt resulted in the death of Yuk Young-soo, Park's wife. A South Korean living in Japan, Mun was executed four months after his failed attempt. The event seriously strained diplomatic relationships between Japan, North Korea and South Korea; South Korea concluded that Mun was acting on behalf of North Korea, but Japan refused to accept South Korea's position.
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