Chun Doo-hwan, ex-military dictator who brutally cracked down on democratic uprisings in South Korea, dies
by Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
Nov 23, 2021
3 minutes
SEOUL, South Korea â Chun Doo-hwan, a one-time authoritarian ruler of South Korea who came to power in a military coup and oversaw a brutal crackdown of democratic protestors during his reign in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 90.
The former dictator's legacy is shaped as much by the ruthlessness of his actions as by his unapologetic denials and lack of any expressions of regret long after the country became a thriving democracy. In the mid-1990s, he was prosecuted and sentenced to death for his power
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