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TIL Mun Se-gwang , a young Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer, attempted to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-Hee in 1974. He attempted to get closer to the President during a speech, but inadvertently fired his revolver prematurely, injuring himself

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