Both her mother and her father, President Park Chung-hee, were assassinated, in 1974 and 1979, respectively. Indeed, her father was murdered by his own intelligence chief, KCIA Director Kim Jaegyu.
对许多韩国人来说，朴槿惠是一个悲剧英雄。其母亲和父亲（前总统朴正熙）分别于1974年和1979年遇刺身亡。事实上，其父死于手下情报主管、韩国中央情报局局长金载圭之手。