Kim Shin-jo (Korean: 김신조; Hanja: 金新朝; born June 2, 1942) is one of two survivors of the 31-man team of North Korean commandos, known as Unit 124, sent to assassinate the then-president of South Korea, Park Chung-hee, in the Blue House raid in January 1968.
[1] The only other survivor, Pak Jae-gyong, made it back to North Korea, but Kim Shin-jo was captured by South Korean forces.
South Korea claimed when North Korean authorities found out that he became a South Korean citizen, his parents were executed and his relatives purged by North Korean authorities.
[2][3] Kim later became a pastor at Sungrak Sambong church in Gyeonggi Province.
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