He famously said the mission of a hit squad sent by Pyongyang in 1968 was to “slit the throat” of the South Korean dictator ...

Kim Shin-jo, who later reinvented himself as a Christian pastor, took part in the failed 1968 attempt to assassinate Park ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after ...

Mr. Kim remained in South Korea after his capture in a failed 1968 mission to assassinate the country’s president.

Kim Shin-jo stunned South Korea when he told a news conference after his capture that his team had intended to slit the then-president’s throat.