Yuk Young-soo
| Yuk Young-soo | |
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| First Lady of South Korea | |
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In role 24 March 1962 – 15 August 1974 Acting until 17 December 1963 |
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| President | Park Chung-hee |
| Preceded by | Gong Deok-gwi |
| Succeeded by | Park Geun-hye (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 29, 1925 Okcheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Japanese Korea (now Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea) |
| Died | August 15, 1974 (aged 48) Seoul, South Korea |
| Resting place | Seoul, South Korea |
| Spouse(s) | Park Chung-hee (1950–1974) |
| Children |
Park Geun-hye |
| Alma mater | Baehwa Women's High School |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yuk Yeong-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yuk Yŏngsu |
Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-ryoung
Yuk Young-soo (Korean pronunciation: [juɡjʌŋsʰu] November 29, 1925 – August 15, 1974) was the wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung-hee and the mother of former South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She was assassinated in 1974.
Yuk was born in Okcheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea in 1925, the second of three daughters of a prosperous self-made landlord.
She graduated from Baehwa Women's High School.
In August 1950 she met Park Chung-hee through a relative who was serving under Park. On 12 December 1950 she married Park Chung-hee. While her mother supported her choice of husband, Yuk's father was against the match, so she married without his blessing.
At 10:23 a.m., 15 August 1974,South Korean Independence Day, Yuk was shot and killed by Mun Se-gwang, a Zainichi Korean and North Korean sympathizer, during an attempt by Mun to assassinate President Park Chung-hee.
The assassination occurred at the Seoul National Theater of Korea during an Independence Day ceremony. Mun intended to shoot Park in the theater lobby. However, his view was obstructed, and he was forced to enter and be seated near the back of the theater. During Park's address, he attempted to get closer to the President but inadvertently fired his Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver prematurely, injuring himself. Having alerted security, he then ran down the theater aisle firing wildly. His second bullet hit the left side of the podium from which Park was delivering his speech. The third bullet was a misfire. His fourth bullet struck Yuk Young-soo in the head, seriously wounding her. His last bullet went through a flag decorating the rear of the stage. A bullet fired by Park Jong-gyu, one of the President's security, in response to Mun's attack, ricocheted off a wall and killed a high school student, Jang Bong-hwa. Immediately following the capture of Mun, Park resumed his scheduled speech despite the wounding of his wife and her being carried from the stage. Following its completion he picked up his wife's handbag and shoes and left.
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