1. Yuk Young-soo was the first lady when Park was in office, from 1962 until she was killed in 1974 during an attempted assassination of her husband.
13 Facts About Yuk Young-soo
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Yuk Young-soo graduated from Baehwa High School for Girls.
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Yuk Young-soo always made a simple impression on people regarding Hanbok and elegance, and was a sincere wife to her husband at home.
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Yuk Young-soo took great interest in children and health, and often visited orphanages and nurseries several times to develop policies for children's health.
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Yuk Young-soo was involved with the Red Cross and with children with autism.
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Yuk Young-soo was close to the people, and visited patients suffering from leprosy.
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Yuk Young-soo helped to start several self-support projects, and visited the families of South Korean soldiers deployed to Vietnam, to comfort and console them.
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Yuk Young-soo did not hesitate to try to influence her husband, especially in 1963, when, to resolve tensions with the American ambassador Samuel D Berger, she invited him to the Blue House.
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Yuk Young-soo found the best acupuncture center and hospitalized him.
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Yuk Young-soo was rushed to the Seoul National University Hospital in Wonnam-dong, central Seoul.
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Yuk Young-soo was buried in a state funeral on 19 August 1974 at Seoul National Cemetery.
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Yuk Young-soo held this position for five years, until her father's assassination in 1979.
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Yuk Young-soo was a devout Buddhist and a devotee of Doseonsa in Seoul.