Chun Doo-hwan (Korean: 전두환; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌnduɦwɐn] or [tɕʌn] [tuɦwɐn]; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean politician,...

Korea by General Chun Doo-hwan and Hanahoe that followed the Coup d'état of December Twelfth. On May 17, 1980, General Chun Doo-hwan forced the Cabinet...

March 1939) is the widow of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. She was the first lady when Chun Doo-hwan was in office, from 1980 to 1988. Lee Soon-ja was...

group and secret society of military officers in South Korea headed by Chun Doo-hwan, who later became the South Korean president during the Fifth Republic...

presidential elections controlled by the government of Chun Doo-hwan under the new 1980 constitution. Chun was re-elected with 90% of the electoral college...

elected president of South Korea. Roh was a close ally and friend of Chun Doo-hwan, the predecessor leader of the country who ruled as an unelected military...

December 12, 1979, in South Korea. Republic of Korea Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan, commander of the Defence Security Command, acting without authorization...

election, Chun lifted the ban on fourteen opposition politicians, but not for Kim Dae-jung. During the June Struggle of 1987 against Chun Doo-hwan, Chun succumbed...

becoming the country's fourth president. In December 1979, Major General Chun Doo-hwan and close allies within the military staged a coup d'état against Choi's...

man in his 60s to death, because he praised controversial president Chun Doo-hwan. Because he was deemed feeble-minded, he was sentenced to 2 years and...

military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan announced its choice of Roh Tae-woo as the next president. The public designation of Chun's successor was seen as...

law declared after Park's death. Choi was unofficially overthrown by Chun Doo-hwan in the coup d'état of December Twelfth in December 1979, and began the...

an unexpected direction. Hwang Jung-min as Major General Chun Doo-gwang: based on Chun Doo-hwan, who later became the 5th President of South Korea Jung...

February 1988. The Fifth Republic was established in February 1981 by Chun Doo-hwan, a military colleague of long-time president and dictator Park Chung...

accurate depiction of the political or socio-economic climate. After Chun Doo-hwan assumed power in another military coup, he too declared martial law...

1979, the authoritarian rule continued in the Fifth Republic led by Chun Doo-hwan, which violently seized power by two coups and brutally suppressed the...

Security Command, he decided to contact Security Command Commander Chun Doo-hwan, thinking that even if the President was dead, the body would have to...

Brothers' Home and other similar concentration camps opened by the Chun Doo-hwan regime during the fourth and fifth republics "welfare centers". A DW...

from president to give way to the new military leader, Chun Doo-hwan. In September of that year, Chun was elected president by indirect election and inaugurated...

1981–1988 Fifth Republic of South Korea under the dictatorship of President Chun Doo-hwan. It follows his rise to power through a military coup to his downfall...

also opposed the formation of Hanahoe, a secret organization formed by Chun Doo-hwan and other young officers who took personal oaths of loyalty to Park...

term of office in December 1978. General Chun Doo-hwan was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed. Chun was to serve for the remainder of the 1978–1984...

powerful rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan. He was elected to the National Assembly at the age of 25, the youngest...

MR: Minjuchŏngŭidang; DJP) was the ruling party of South Korea from 1981 to 1988. Chun Doo-hwan had become the country's de facto leader after leading a military coup...

shortly after its formation on February 2, 1963 to its dissolution under Chun Doo-hwan in 1980. Under the control of Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea...

attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in Rangoon, Burma. The attempt was orchestrated by North Korea. Although Chun survived, 21...

"US officials 'aided Gaddafi'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-04-24. "Chun Doo-hwan's bloody Gwangju legacy is America's problem too | Responsible Statecraft"...

camp set up during the early 1980s under the rule of military dictator Chun Doo-hwan. More than 60,000 people—with estimates up to almost 100,000 people...

was forcibly merged with the state-run KBS by the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan. At its founding in 2011 some media analysts considered the return of...

Kai-shek, South Korea when it was led by Syngman Rhee, Park Chung Hee, and Chun Doo-hwan, a number of military dictatorships in Latin America during the Cold...