Yuk Young-soo
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Yuk.
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Yuk Young-soo (Korean: 육영수) (November 29, 1925 – August 15, 1974) was the wife of South Korean former president Park Chung-hee, and the mother of a Korean politician, Park Geun-hye.
[edit] Biography
Yuk was born in Okcheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea in 1925. After graduating Baehwa Women's High School, she married Park Chung Hee who was Lieutenant Colonel in the military in 1950. She gave birth to a son and two daughters with Park.
[edit] Assassination
At 10 a.m. on the Korean Independence day, August 15, 1974, she was shot and killed by Mun Segwang, a Japanese-born North Korean, while Mun attempted to assassinate Park. Mun's first shot at Park Chung-hee missed. The second shot, aimed at Park Jong-gyu who tried to kill Mun, missed and killed Yuk instead. Park Jong-gyu's shot ricocheted off a wall and killed a high school student, Jang Bong-hwa.
