Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung
Verified: Documented in primary records or confirmed by reputable inquiry/reporting.
Opposition politician Kim Dae-jung was kidnapped from Tokyo in 1973. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service Truth Committee, established in November 2004, confirmed that the kidnapping was led by the KCIA, the NIS’s predecessor.
Documented
Dong-A Ilbo reports the Committee’s confirmation of the KCIA’s role in October 2007.
Claimed, disputed or not established
President Park Chung-hee’s involvement was concluded from circumstantial evidence, according to the report. Yonhap’s headline says he “may have tacitly approved” it. This is the Committee’s inference, not a documented order.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- Dong-A Ilbo: Truth Committee on the Kim Dae-jung kidnapping (25 Oct 2007) ↗https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20071025/255565/1
- Yonhap: Park Chung-hee may have tacitly approved (24 Oct 2007) ↗https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20071024004800315
Connected
- Section: Asia-Pacific
- Agencies: NIS
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