The Sixth Republic of Korea was born from the constitutional reforms of President Roh Tae-woo, marking the end of the Fifth Republic under Chun Doo Hwan’s military regime. Since then, Korea has seen ...

Trials of former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo in 1996-1997 were courtroom sagas that left bitter aftertaste When a dictatorship falls, retribution and reparations often ensue.

SEOUL--The death this week of South Korea’s last military dictator, Chun Doo-hwan, marks the end of a divisive chapter in the country’s modern history but leaves survivors of his regime’s ...

SEOUL--Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup ... army friend and another ex-president, Roh Tae-woo, who also played a key role in the coup, died ...