Seoul: Former South Korean President Chun Doo-Hwan, who ruled the country in the country after the 1979 military coup triggered a massive democracy protest, died on Tuesday at the age of 90 years, said the former AIDE.
Chun has several myeloma, blood cancer in remission, and his health has deteriorated recently, former Press Secretary Min Chung-ki told reporters.
He died at his Seoul house in the morning and his body would be transferred to the hospital for a funeral later.
A former military commander Chun led the massacre of the 1980 Gwangju army from pro-democracy demonstrators, a crime which he was punished and received a dead punishment.
His death took place about a month after another former president and his spirit of Tae-woo, who played an important but controversial role in a problematic transition to democracy, died at the age of 88.
Chun was alone, Ramrod-Straight during the mid-1990s experiment to defend the coup as needed for Saving the nation from the political crisis and denied sending troops to Gwangju.
“I’m sure I will take the same action, if the same situation arises,” Chun told court.
Chun was born on March 6, 1931, in Yulgok-Myeon, a poor farming city in Southeast County Hapcheon, during the Japanese government over Korea.
He joined the military directly from high school, working on his staff until he was appointed as commander in 1979.
Taking over the investigation of the murder of President Park Chung-Hee that year, Chun controlled the main military allies and received the control of the South Korean intelligence agency to lead to a 12 coup December.
“In front of the strongest organization under the presidency Park Chung-hee, it surprised me how easy it was (Chun) control them and how like it he took advantage of that situation.
In a moment he seemed to have grown into a giant.” Park Jun-kwang, Chun’s subordinate during the coup then told the Cho Gab-Je journalist.
The eight-year rule of Chun in the President’s blue house was marked by brutality and political repression.
However, it was also marked by increasing economic prosperity.
Chun resigned from an office in the midst of a democratic movement led by national students in 1987 demanding a direct election system.
In 1995, he was indicted by a rebellion, betrayal and arrested after refusing to appear in the prosecutor’s office and fled to his home city.
In the local media what was nicknamed the “century trial”, he and the coup of the co-conspirator and the President who succeeded in Spirit Tae-Woo was found guilty of rebellion, betrayal and bribery.
In their decision, the judge said Chun’s increase for power came “through illegal ways that cause great damage to the people”.
Thousands of students are believed to have been killed in Gwangju, according to testimony by survivors, former military officers and sympathizers.
The Spirit was given a long prison department while Chun was sentenced to death.
However, which was issued by the Seoul High Court in recognition of the role of Chun in a fast-paced economic development of the “Tiger” economy and the presidential peace transfer to the Spirit in 1988.
Both were forgiven and released from prison in 1997 by President Kim Young-Sam In what he called efforts to promote “national unity.” Chun made some return to the spotlight.
He caused the national excitement in 2003 when he claimed total assets of 291,000 Won ($ 245) in cash, two dogs and several household appliances – while owing 220.5 billion won.
The four children and other relatives were later found to have large plots of land in Seoul and luxury villas in the United States.
The Chun family in 2013 vowed to pay off most of his debt, but the unpaid fines still numbered around 100 billion won in December 2020.
In 2020, Chun was found guilty and received a death sentence for eight months because he slandered the final democracy activist and the Catholic Priest His memoiran 2017.
The prosecutor appealed, and Chun faced the trial next week.
Former South Korean Military Dictator Chun Doo-Hwan died at 90
