SEOUL--Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds while in office ...

Chun Doo-hwan, South Korea’s most vilified former military dictator, who seized power in a coup and ruled his country with an iron fist for most of the 1980s, dispatching paratroopers and ...

SEOUL--The death this week of South Korea’s last military dictator, Chun Doo-hwan, marks the end of a divisive chapter in the country’s modern history but leaves survivors of his regime’s ...

dies at 90 Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, a general who seized power in a 1979 military coup and brutally suppressed a pro-democracy uprising in the city of Gwangju a year later ...

The prosecution on Tuesday searched the house of former President Chun Doo-hwan in Yeounhui-dong western Seoul along with 10 ...

Ex-governor honors late pro-democracy fighters Former South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, affiliated with the main opposition Democratic Party and known to be outside of the faction led by the party ...

The Chun Doo-hwan regime seized power in a coup d'etat, massacred peaceful protesters. People from all walks of life have been fighting the military dictatorship in their own way. And the story of ...

A Chinese person is filming while imitating Chun Doo-hwan in Gwangju ... The Namsung was also reported to have worn a jumper, military boots, and had a fully exposed forehead while waving ...

Seoul Arts Center has ultimately removed the calligraphy stone of former President Chun Doo-hwan, which had only been obscured by a covering. According to the Arts Center and the office of ...

Chun's rule, from 1979 to 1988, was marked both by severe political repression as well as rapid social and economic changes. He is most famous for ordering the Gwangju massacre, for which he ...