| Chun Doo-hwan, back row second from right, poses with other students at the Korea Military Academy, in this 1951 file photo. He made friends who later helped him lead the 1979 military coup, including Roh Tae-woo, who took power after the country's first democratic election, back row far right. Korea Times file |
| Then-Army General Chun Doo-hwan announces the results of the investigation into the assassination of President Park Chung-hee, in this Nov. 6, 1979, file photo. After leading the investigation, Chun seized power and became president in 1980. Korea Times file |
| Chun Doo-hwan, front row fifth from left, poses with other military generals who participated in the military coup on Dec. 12, 1979, at the office of Defense Security Command in Seoul, in this 1979 file photo. Roh Tae-woo, left of Chun, despite playing a key role in the coup, succeeded Chun after winning the country's first democratic election in 1987. Yonhap |
| Chun Doo-hwan takes an oath at his inauguration ceremony in Seoul as president, a title he was later stripped of, in this September 1980 file photo. When citizens protested the military coup he led, Chun sent members of the Army to Gwangju to crack down on the uprising there in May 1980. More than 200 people were killed and 1,800 wounded, according to government data. Yonhap |
| Chun Doo-hwan testifies during a National Assembly hearing while an opposition politician shakes his finger and calls him a “butcher,” in this Dec. 31, 1989, file photo. Korea Times file |
| Chun Doo-hwan, center, reads out a statement in front of his house in Seoul, in this Dec. 2, 1995, file photo. Korea Times file |
| Chun Doo-hwan, right, and his presidential successor Roh Tae-woo stand in court holding hands after being convicted of mutiny and corruption for their roles in the 1979 military coup and the bloody crackdown known as the 1980 Gwangju Massacre, in this December 1996 file photo. Korea Times file |
| Chun Doo-hwan, center, leaves a district court in Gwangju after attending an appellate trial on the charge of libel, Aug. 9, 2021. Korea Times file |