South Korea has kicked off a retrial for the country's former spy chief, Kim Jae-gyu, over the 1979 assassination of then-president Park Chung-hee, Kim's family said on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-1979-presidential-assassination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics