Chun Doo-hwan

[jœn doh-hwahn]

noun

1. 1931–2021, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.

Example Sentences

Days after the trial started - on December 12 - the man who led the investigation into the assassination, General Chun Doo-hwan, seized power in a coup.

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"I got the impression that Chun Doo-hwan was trying to quickly wrap up anything related to the previous regime in order to seize power for himself," says Kim Jung-sook.

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The last declaration of martial law was made in May 1980 by the Chun Doo-hwan military junta, which sent special forces units to violently quash pro-democracy protests in the city of Gwangju.

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Yoon attended college in the early 1980s, when South Korea's military dictator Chun Doo-hwan ruled the country using martial law.

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Roh Tae-woo, South Korea’s first democratic president, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the 1979 coup that brought military dictator Chun Doo-hwan to power and led to a civilian massacre.

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