This leader is thought to have redirected extra development resources to his hometown of Gumi.
This leader is thought to have redirected extra development resources to his hometown of Gumi. This leader's government promoted the destruction of traditional spiritualism in the Anti-Superstition Movement, which formed part of a larger movement that gave rural villages resources to modernize themselves. Troops from this leader's country, including the Capital and White Horse divisions, were the second largest foreign contingent to fight on the side of South Vietnam. This leader initiated the (*) New Community Movement as part of his economic policy, which promoted the rise of family-owned conglomerates called chaebol and led to the Miracle on the Han River. He was assassinated in a hotel by his security chief, Kim Jae-gyu, in 1979. For 10 points, identify this longtime South Korean strongman whose daughter is currently the country's President.
This leader is thought to have redirected extra development resources to his hometown of Gumi.
Park Chung-hee [prompt on "Park"; accept Takagi Misao]