From Assassin to Hero
From EDITORIAL]Honors to Kim Jae-kyu?:
From EDITORIAL]Honors to Kim Jae-kyu?:
- "The Democratization Rewarding Committee has begun deliberating on an application to honor Kim Jae-kyu, the former head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency who shot and killed President Park Chung-hee during a private dinner on Oct. 26, 1979. If the semi-official panel concludes that Kim contributed to the promotion of democracy in the republic, his family will be given a government certificate to that effect plus some cash reward. "
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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