 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 22 June 1977, akapupurira kudare reFraser pamusoro pechiitiko cheKoreagate nemabasa eTongsun Park. Akataurawo kuti mapurisa eJapan akanga ava kuziva nezvokupambwa kwaKim Dae-jung. Park akanga amupa 1 miriyoni kuti arege kupupura, izvo Kim akaramba. Kim akabvuma 500 000 kuti arege kubudisa mabhuku ake, asi akaramba chibvumirano chacho ndokuabudisa muJapan muna April 1979. Akanyangarika musi wa7 October 1979, pashure pokunge apedzisira kuonekwa mune imwe kirabhu yousiku muParis. Runyerekupe rwakakurumbira nderwokuti Kim akapinzwa zvisiri pamutemo kudzokera kuSeoul ndokupfurwa pachake naPurezidhendi Park muimba yapasi yeBlue House. Iyi shanduro yakaratidzwa muchikamu 12 cheNorth Korea firimu nhevedzano Rudzi uye Destiny. Ndangariro dzake dzakabudiswa muSouth Korea muna 1985. MunaFebruary 2005, Wolgan Chosun yakabudisa zvirevo zvekuti Kim akanga anyengerwa kubva kuNew Jersey kuenda kuParis nemukadzi aivaraidza akabhadharwa uye akazourayiwa nechikwata chematsotsi cheFrance mubhadharo wehurumende yeSouth Korea. Muna Chivabvu 2005, mushumo kubva kuNational Intelligence Services Truth Commission wakagumisa kuti Kim akaurayiwa nemirairo yaKim Jae-kyu, mutsivi wake semutungamiriri weKCIA. Iye anonzi akapfurwa nepfuti yakanyarara uye mutumbi wake wakaraswa musango kunze kweParis. Mavhiki matatu pashure pokunge Kim Hyong-uk aenda, Kim Jae-kyu akauraya Mutungamiri Park. 