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 ...