Former President of South Korea Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90
Date
11/23/2021 12:15:03 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Former President of South Korea Chun Doo-hwan, a general-turned strongman widely criticized for seizing power through a 1979 military coup and ruthlessly quelling a pro-democracy civil uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju the following year, died Tuesday at the age of 90, Trend reports citing Yonhap .
Chun died at his home in western Seoul around 8:40 a.m. after battling chronic ailments, aides said.
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