Word: shin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explained. Last week those deaths had embroiled the Jerusalem government in an increasingly bitter controversy that included charges of a cover-up. The struggle involved a test of wills between Labor Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir, who wants an investigation of the chief of Shin Bet, the Hebrew acronym for Israel's general security service, which is primarily responsible for domestic antiterrorism operations...
...rare show of unity, Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who heads the conservative Likud bloc in the coalition government, joined forces to oppose Zamir. Peres insisted that the "functioning of the Shin Bet would be undermined by the investigation, and sometimes considerations of state security override legal considerations." Shamir put it more bluntly: "The Shin Bet is a jewel in the crown of the state, and we can't murder it." By week's end several Israeli newspapers speculated openly that Shamir himself, who was Prime Minister at the time, may have had knowledge of the killings...
This much is known. Shin, now 59, was once a king of the film industry in South Korea, where he produced more than 200 movies, many of them award winners. The beautiful Choi, 54, was adored by millions. When both disappeared in 1978, their public jumped to the conclusion that they were the victims of foul play. Industry insiders suggested the film couple had fled from financial troubles. Shin apparently had not made a film since 1975. Years passed with no word of the pair's whereabouts. Then, in 1984, Shin and Choi showed up in Yugoslavia, claiming that they...
...March 21. They had stopped in the Austrian capital on their way to Budapest, where they were to begin work on a film about Genghis Khan. So their story goes, they fled to the embassy in a taxi with another cab full of North Korean agents in hot pursuit. Shin claimed last week that he was so trusted by North Korean officials that they had deposited $2.3 million in a Vienna bank account...
...Baltimore last week, the twosome said that they had been kidnaped by Kim Jong Il, 45, the son of North Korea's strongman Kim Il Sung, 74. The younger Kim, they said, is a film buff with 20,000 reels in his personal collection. According to Shin and Choi, he has taken over much of the work of governing. They further claim that anyone caught criticizing the Kims is summarily thrown in prison...