Pak Jae-gyong
Pak Jae-gyong | |
|---|---|
박재경 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1933 North Hamgyong Province in Korea under Japanese rule |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Occupation | Politician, Korean People's Army General, Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, Delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | North Korea |
| Branch/service | Korean People's Army |
| Rank | General |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박재경 |
| Hanja | 朴在慶 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Jae-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chae-gyŏng |
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Pak Jae-gyong (Korean: 박재경; born 10 June 1933) is a North Korean politician and soldier. A general in the Korean People's Army (KPA), Pak is a Vice Minister in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces as well as a full member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Pak is also a delegate of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). On the death of Kim Shin-jo on 9 April 2025, he became the only living survivor of 31-member commando unit, known as Unit 124, that was sent to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung Hee in the ultimately unsuccessful Blue House raid in 1968.