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Obituary: Chung Il-Kwon

Friday 21 January 1994 00:02 GMT
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Chung Il-Kwon, politician, died Hawaii 18 January, aged 77. Korea's General Commander during the 1950-53 war, he served in the Sixties and Seventies as ambassador to the United States, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister under Park Chung-hee, who seized power in a military coup in 1961. Former president of the Korea Freedom League.

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