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Park Chung Hee Presidential Museum

2022
  • 04.01Inauguration of You Young-koo as Chairman
2019
  • 03.01Park Chung Hee Presidential Museum and Library reopened
  • 02.28Park Chung Hee Presidential Museum and Library reopening ceremony
  • 02.12Expansion and renovation of museum and library completed

2017
  • 11. Expansion and renovation of museum and library begins
  • 09.10Commemorative stamps in honor of Park Chung Hee's 100th birthday issued
  • 06.22Publication ceremony for 「Where Did You Learn the Habit of Leaving Your Husband All Alone」, a collection of poems commemorating Park Chung Hee's 100th birthday
  • 05.16Academic conference commemorating Park Chung Hee's 100th birthday held in Jeju
2016
  • 02.12Inauguration of Jwa Sung-hee as Chairman

2013
  • 08.07Inauguration of Son Byeong Du as Chairman
  • 05.09President Park Chung Hee Commemoration Corporation transitions to the President Park Chung Hee Memorial Foundation, with Kim Gi Chun as the first chairman
2012
  • 02.21Museum and library opened to the public
2011
  • 12.16Construction of museum and library completed
2010
  • 02.Construction of museum and library resumes after suspension

2009
  • 04.23Supreme Court rules in favor of the Corporation in Nullification of State Subsidy Cancellation case, reversing an earlier decision to withhold state subsidies originally granted for the museum’s construction
2007
  • 02.28Inauguration of Kim Jeong Yeom as Chairman

2003
  • 06.04Inauguration of Yoo Yang Su as Chairman
2002
  • 01.29Construction of museum begins (suspended until 2010)
1999
  • 07.26President Park Chung Hee Commemoration Corporation Initiation and Establishment General Meeting, Inauguration of Shin Hyeon Hwak as the foundation’s first chairman