TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
South Korean police say man burns late dictator's home
Change Size
South Korean President Park Chung-hee (right) and his daughter, Park Geun-hye cast ballots in Seoul, South Korea in 1977. (AP/Yonhap, File/-)
S
outh Korean police say they have detained a man suspected of setting fire to the birthplace of late military dictator Park Chung-hee, the father of current President Park Geun-hye.
The fire Thursday happened in the southern city of Gumi. It comes as Park Geun-hye faces a push in parliament to impeach her over allegations that she allowed a confidante to pull government strings and extort businesses.
Millions of people have protested against Park over the last month.
Police in Gumi say that at least one of the buildings at the home, which is now a tourist site, was seriously damaged.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency says that the hall that houses an altar of the senior Park and his late wife was completely burned down.
