The article examines the activities of the main intelligence service of the Republic of Korea to ensure the security of the state regime during the presidency of Park Chung-hee (1961–1979). The Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) was created to streamline the state security system in the early years of the military’s rule in the context of a tense internal political situation in the country. Officially, the intelligence service was responsible for protecting the state and citizens from internal and external threats. Meanwhile, due to its broad powers, the latter’s activities often went beyond the competence of the state security agency. In this study, by analyzing the information provided in official documents of government bodies, reports of various public organizations and the memoirs of individuals who were directly involved in the events described, the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in the process of confrontation between the state regime and internal opponents is examined. The author revealed that in the context of a tense geopolitical situation in the region, increasing aggravation of the situation within the country and tightening government control, KCIA officers carried out orders for the physical liquidation of opponents of the Park Chung-hee regime, including outside the country. The intelligence service became one of the main objects of criticism from political opponents of the state regime. The last years of Park Chung-hee’s presidency were marked by changes in the countrys state security system, which led to a reduction in the powers and capabilities of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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