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November 24, 2021

Chun Doo Hwan, U.S.-Backed, Ex-Military Dictator in South Korea, Has Died
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Chun Doo Hwan, the former US-backed military dictator of South Korea has
died at the age of 90. General Chun seized power through a coup in 1979.
A year later, he ordered a brutal attack on a pro-democracy uprising in
Kwangju, with estimates of the death toll ranging from 500 to over 2,000
people. At the time, then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter backed the violent
crackdown on the pro-democracy protesters. Korean activists are
demanding the U.S. acknowledge its role in Chun's rise to power and the
cruelty of his regime.


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