Chun Doo-hwan (Korean: 전두환; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌnduɦwɐn] or [tɕʌn] [tuɦwɐn]; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean politician,...

Korea by General Chun Doo-hwan and Hanahoe that followed the Coup d'état of December Twelfth. On May 17, 1980, General Chun Doo-hwan forced the Cabinet...

March 1939) is the widow of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. She was the first lady when Chun Doo-hwan was in office, from 1980 to 1988. Lee Soon-ja was...

presidential elections controlled by the government of Chun Doo-hwan under the new 1980 constitution. Chun was re-elected with 90% of the electoral college...

group and secret society of military officers in South Korea headed by Chun Doo-hwan, who later became the South Korean president during the Fifth Republic...

elected president of South Korea. Roh was a close ally and friend of Chun Doo-hwan, the predecessor leader of the country who ruled as an unelected military...

election, Chun lifted the ban on fourteen opposition politicians, but not for Kim Dae-jung. During the June Struggle of 1987 against Chun Doo-hwan, Chun succumbed...

Security Command, he decided to contact Security Command Commander Chun Doo-hwan, thinking that even if the President was dead, the body would have to...

military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan announced its choice of Roh Tae-woo as the next president. The public designation of Chun's successor was seen as...

becoming the country's fourth president. In December 1979, Major General Chun Doo-hwan and close allies within the military staged a coup d'état against Choi's...