Word: tongsun
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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...principal figure in the case, which was first reported by the Washington Post, is Tongsun Park, a wealthy Korean rice broker renowned in Washington as a lavish entertainer and Seoul brother of lofty U.S. politicians. In December 1973 Park was co-host of a party for Democratic House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill at the George Town Club. Among the guests: Gerald Ford, who was then Vice President...
Investigators believe Tongsun Park used commissions that he received as the intermediary between the Korean government and U.S. suppliers of federally subsidized rice to buy influence on Capitol Hill for South Korean Dictator Park Chung...