S. Korean veterans body chief dies of pneumonia

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Park Seh-jik, a former soldier-turned-lawmaker who
headed South Korea's largest veterans association, died of acute pneumonia on
Monday, his office said. He was 76.
Park, who was Seoul mayor from 1990-1991, "was hospitalized on June 29 after he
suffered exhaustion from work," the Korea Veterans Association said in a release.
Park, a retired army major general, was a hardliner on North Korea who took
several ranking posts, including the commander of the Capital Defense Command and
an aide-de-camp to the defense minister.
samkim@yna.co.kr
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