Original: Park Chung-hee ( 30 September 1917 -- 26 October 1979 ) was a Republic of Korea Army general and the President of South Korea ( the Republic of Korea ) from 1961 to 1979 .
Simplified: The Korean Central Intelligence Agency ( KCIA ) was created on June 19 , 1961 to prevent a countercoup and to suppress all potential enemies domestic and international .