Kim Shin-jo

Kim Shin-jo (Korean: 김신조; Hanja: 金新朝; born June 2, 1942) is one of two survivors of the 31-man team of North Korean commandos sent to assassinate the then-president of South Korea, Park Chung-hee, in the Blue House raid in January 1968.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Shin-jo
Born (1942-06-02) 2 June 1942
Seishin, Kankyo Hoku, Korea, Empire of Japan
CitizenshipSouth Korea
OccupationPastor

The only other survivor, Pak Jae-gyong, made it back to the North, but Kim Shin-jo was captured by South Korean forces. He was interrogated for a year by the South Korean authorities before being released and becoming a citizen of South Korea in 1970. South Korea claimed when North Korean authorities found out that he became a South Korean citizen, his parents were executed and his relatives purged by North Korean authorities.

Kim later became a pastor at Sungrak Sambong church in Gyeonggi Province. He has a wife and two children.

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