Chun Doo-hwan (born January 18 ... older brother Ki-hwan and younger brother Kyeong-hwan. Around 1936, Chun's family moved to Daegu, where he began attending Horan Elementary School.

"Chun Doo-hwan died without ever apologising" Prof Shin Yul from Myongji University in Seoul told AFP. "Someone in his family should have done it in a proper manner a long time ago," he added.

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 ...

Chun Doo Hwan stages a coup. 1981-1986 ... A day later the vice president and his family kill themselves. Constitutional reform creates a parliamentary government with a bicameral legislature.

The inspiration for the Korean author's book Human Acts stems from a devastating massacre in Gwangju over 40 years ago, but ...

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 ...

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South Korean general Chun Doo-hwan's infamous power grab after the 1979 assassination of President Park Chung-hee plunged the nation into 8 years of chaos Hwang Jung-min plays the tyrant and Jung ...

The film is based on the real-life coup by South Korean general Chun Doo-hwan. The film, which stars Hwang Jung-min as Chun, Jung Woo Sung and Lee Sung-min, was nominated for Best Film ...

After Park’s assassination, Army Chief of Staff Jeong Seung-hwa worried about the political ambitions of General Chun Doo-hwan, leader of Korea’s Defense Security Command and a member of ...