Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress removed a canvas bag printed with an image of former strongman Chun Doo Hwan after ...

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 ...

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 ...

From 1996 to 1997, former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, who were military generals and close friends, were tried for their roles in a 1979 coup. Chun seized power through the coup ...

People clean tombstones at a national cemetery in the southwestern city of Gwangju on May 7, 2025, 11 days ahead of the 45th ...

The 41-episode television series covered the key aspects of the period from President Park Chung-hee's assassination to general Chun Doo-hwan's military coup and his bloody rise to power ...

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 ...