South Korea's Failed Assassination Attempt

South Korea's Failed Assassination Attempt

In 1968, South Korea's CIA recruited a suicide squad to kill North Korea's dictator, Kim Il Sung. The squad mutinied, killed their commanders, hijacked a bus to Seoul, and were blown up by their own military. The survivors were then executed.

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