Talk:Park Chung Hee

Dating of lead photo

The lead photo doesn't have a date attached to it. The page on Park's assassination states that it was taken in 1973, but it is uncited. Does anyone know when this photo was taken? Dantus21 (talk) 22:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

The copyright on it in general is I think sus. I've been eyeing it as something to fix in the future, but list of things to do on this article is already long. I'm easily distracted so have been working on other things since, but this is still very much on my radar. toobigtokale (talk) 22:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

I found this portrait below from this chart on Wikimedia Commons. The chart would probably be considered a derivative work in most cases, but since it was uploaded by the Korean government themselves under a CC license (note it has a ticket too), I think it safe to use the portrait from it. I’ll go ahead and add it to the article but if you’re still worried about it feel free to revert.

Dantus21 (talk) 01:00, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

As a sidenote, my original question was concerning when the photo was taken, not its licensing status, although I'm glad you brought that up anyway, as I had no idea about it initially. Dantus21 (talk) 01:11, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Please go ahead and add the pic, I may investigate more thoroughly in a few months but it's probably safe for use. Sorry I switched topics a bit; not sure when the other photo was taken, wanted to emphasize that it probably shouldn't be there anyway 😅 Fortunately this pic is in color so it's better regardless. toobigtokale (talk) 01:13, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

"Haku Shoki"

I know essentially nothing about this guy, but: I sometimes use Wikipedia's "random page" thing, and it just gave me a redirect page (Haku ShokiHaku Shoki) which redirects to this article. I also know nothing about "Haku Shoki". There is nothing on the redirect page describing why "Haku Shoki" is being redirected to Park Chung Hee, nor is there any occurrence of either "Haku" or "Shoki" in this article. Brief googling has revealed no insight on any of this to me.

So, I dunno, maybe someone who knows something about this guy and/or "Haku Shoki" should either:

1. Add something to this article to explain whatever "Haku Shoki" is, and how it relates to Park Chung Hee, or:

2. Delete the "Haku Shoki" redirect page (if there is no such relation, or perhaps if there is one but it's just something like a googlebombing attempt (e.g. redirecting "Dumbass" to "George W. Bush"). -Rwv37 (talk) 03:02, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Maybe it's reading Park's Hanja name as if it's Japanese Kanji, but looking through a Kanji dict rn and I'm not seeing "Haku" as a valid reading for his surname, nor "Shoki" as a valid reading for his given name. I know most Koreans with the surname Park had their surname read "Boku" in Japanese. Otherwise I'm out of ideas. seefooddiet (talk) 03:28, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

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Brother's home?

Are the suppression of the homeless, leftists and other victims from the social cleansing mentioned on this page under domestic policy not related to the Brother's Home ? I feel like there should be a link, can anyone more versed on that connection or are they unrelated? Polkunus (talk) 11:22, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Content changes/additions per edit request on Park Chung Hee by User:InterestTopics.

@grapesurgeon I like to add new information under the section Park Chung Hee#Return to Korea with the following source:

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While Park had been a member of the [[Workers' Party of South Korea]], the allegations concerning his involvement in a communist cell were never substantiated. Nevertheless, he was forced out of the army. While working in the Army as an unpaid civilian assistant, he came across the 8th class of the Korea Military Academy (graduated in 1950), among whom was [[Kim Jong-pil]], and this particular class would later serve as the backbone of the May 16 coup. Right after the Korean War began and with help from [[Paik Sun-yup|Paik Sun-Yup]], Park returned to active service as a major in the South Korean Army.

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While Park had been a member of the [[Workers' Party of South Korea]], the allegations concerning his involvement in a communist cell were never substantiated. After his older brother Park Sung-hui was killed by police during the [[Autumn Uprising of 1946|communist-led riots in Daegu in 1946]], Park sided with the political left whom he considered was better organized, more patriotic and less corrupt than the political right. In 1948, he led a communist cell in the army and was initially sentenced to death due to his role in a revolt by junior officers, but he was then commuted to 15 years and later pardoned due to his cooperation with investigators. Nevertheless, he was forced out of the army. While working in the Army as an unpaid civilian assistant, he came across the 8th class of the Korea Military Academy (graduated in 1950), among whom was Kim Jong-pil, and this particular class would later serve as the backbone of the May 16 coup. Right after the Korean War began and with help from Paik Sun-Yup, Park returned to active service as a major in the South Korean Army.

InterestTopics (talk) 12:00, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

You provided no source grapesurgeon (talk) 12:24, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

@grapesurgeon Apologies, the following is the source:

InterestTopics (talk) 13:00, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

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