Chun Doo-hwan, leader of the Dec. 12, 1979 military coup and brutal suppressor of the Gwangju Uprising of May 18, 1980, died on Tuesday, Nov. 23. He was 90.
A representative of Chun's family told the Hankyoreh that Chun died at his home in Seoul’s Yeonhui neighborhood at 8:45 on Tuesday.
By Kim Kyung-wook, staff reporter.
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