News of the Death of Park Ji-won's Older Brother, Director of the National Intelligence Service... Condolence Messages Continue on SNS

Director Park Ji-won of the National Intelligence Service is attending the full meeting of the Intelligence Committee held at the National Assembly on the 25th. Director Park provided a briefing on the recent issue regarding the shooting of a government official by North Korea near Soyeonpyeongdo./Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The news of the death of Park Cheong-won, the elder brother of National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won, was belatedly revealed, sparking an outpouring of memorial messages on SNS centered around Park Director’s hometown and acquaintances.

On October 3rd at 4:30 PM, it was reported through an acquaintance’s SNS that Park Ji-won’s eldest brother, Park Chang-won, passed away at a nursing home in New York.

Since then, SNS has been flooded with messages mourning the deceased, discussing the ongoing inter-Korean issues, and sympathizing with Park Director’s situation, who is unable to attend even his elder brother’s funeral due to the tangled state affairs.

Park Director is known to have three brothers and one sister. The late Park Chang-won was the eldest among them, and local people said he was a brother whom Park Ji-won trusted and relied on like a father.

Meanwhile, the burial service for Park Chang-won is scheduled to be held as a family funeral in New York on the 12th.

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