On May 18, 1980, demonstrators in Gwangju, including students, protested against the then ruling junta led by Chun Doo-hwan, ...

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 ...

People pay tribute to slain pro-democracy fighters at a national cemetery in the southwestern city of Gwangju on May 16, 2025 ...

“Chun Doo-hwan was not the type of person to apologize,” Kim said. “Yet if he had apologized, I think there would have been a possibility that Gwangju citizens who have been heartbroken for ...

World News // 3 years ago Chun Doo-hwan, ex-South Korean dictator, dies at 90 Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, a general who seized power in a 1979 military coup and brutally ...

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1980 -- The May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement takes place. Tens of thousands of students and other citizens stage demonstrations in the southwestern city of Gwangju protesting against then ...

Trials of former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo in 1996-1997 were courtroom sagas that left bitter aftertaste When a dictatorship falls, retribution and reparations often ensue.

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 ...

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