The biography was first published serially in the newspaper The Chosun Ilbo beginning on October 20, 1997.
[1] The title of the biography is a reference to a quote Park often repeated to journalists who asked about controversies related to him.
Park was a military dictator who seized power in a coup and ruled for around 18 years until his assassination.
[3] During his career as a journalist, Cho wrote critically about the Park regime on a number of occasions, and was even fired twice for doing so.
[3] He became inspired to write the biography after watching news coverage of Park's assassination.