Word: seoul
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Korean CIA's second-ranking officer in Washington, has been directing such a seminar regularly in his embassy's third-floor library. For field work, he sent his students-all South Korean diplomats and intelligence agents-out to win support for the Park Chung Hee regime in Seoul by compromising American politicians and officials with money...
...last week poured out details of his undercover adventures to FBI agents at a secret location near Washington. To the astonishment of U.S. officials, Kim had defected rather than obey Seoul's order to return home and thus limit further exposure of the Koreagate scandal (TIME, Nov. 29). Fearing possible imprisonment and torture, perhaps even death, Kim sought asylum in exchange for supplying information and documents that the Justice Department had been seeking for more than a year. In addition, TIME learned, he may have turned over the codes used by Korean diplomats and KCIA agents...
Safe House. Other possible witnesses are becoming hard to reach. Kim Sang Keun's erstwhile boss. Major General Kim Yung Hwan, the KCIA chief in the U.S., was reported being held under virtual house arrest in the Korean embassy in Washington. In Seoul, meanwhile, President Park fired KCIA Boss Shin Jik Soo in an apparent attempt to improve relations with Washington...
...addition to the cash and campaign contributions, South Korean businessmen and government officials have lavished gifts upon American congressmen both in the United States and during official visits to Seoul. The South Koreans in Washington, particularly Park, are not only generous with their money, but with entertainment. Many a congressman and senator has enjoyed evenings of fun and frolic at Park's famous Washington events. The Georgetown Club, a private social organization including officials like Tip O'Neill and Gerald Ford in its non-paying membership, is owned by Mr. Park...
...little to curb the lobbying activity for fear of losing the Korean commitment of 52,000 troops during the Vietnam War. President Nixon sent a personal letter requesting that the South Koreans maintain their military aid to the Vietnam effort, with full knowledge of the South Korea activities and Seoul's fear of investigation...