Former South Korean Premier, Spy Agency Founder Dies At 92

HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Sun, 06/24/2018 - 2:21pm

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea’s spy agency whose political skills also helped him serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92. Kim was declared dead on arrival at Seoul’s Soonchunhyang University Hospital from his home Saturday, hospital official Lee Mi-jong said.

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