The spy who defied two regimes


Park spending time at the cemetery he built for his clan. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

WHEN South Korean “businessman” Park Chae-so met with Kim Jong-il in 1997, he declined the dictator’s offer of a toast, citing a promise to his mother never to drink.

Amused, Kim presented him with a bottle of blueberry wine, and Park humorously asked for another.

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