[Korea Encounters] Trying to save a gov t from a coup in 1961
Posted : 2021-05-25 17:46
By Matt VanVolkenburg
At 3 a.m. on May 16, 1961, tanks and trucks carrying around 4,000 marines and soldiers began rolling into Seoul. Other than some military police on the Hangang Bridge, no one opposed them, and by 5 a.m. key buildings had been secured and KBS was broadcasting their message to the country. Tanks drive past the Bank of Korea, published in The Korea Times May 17, 1961. / Korea Times Archive Two key figures of the military junta, Chang Do-young and Park Chung-hee, published in The Korea Times May 18, 1961. / Korea Times Archive