Reforming the Constitution is not a cure-all. But without it, the outdated framework of the Sixth Republic will continue to obstruct progress. Korea needs a new political paradigm that supports ...

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--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 ...