Chun Doo-hwan

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First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The hunt is on for former president Chun Doo-hwan’s concealed assets

One citizen takes a photo of an image of former president Chun Doo-hwan in Seoul Square on May 17, one day before the anniversary of the May 18 Democratization Movement. The title of the poster was “How should be deal with Chun Doo-hwan’s unpaid debt?” ... [Published Hani.co.kr - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports
Han Duck-Soo
Han Duck-Soo

Former Prime Minister Nam dies at 89

Nam Duck-woo. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald)Nam Duck-woo, a former prime minister and finance minister who led the country’s economic modernization in the 1970s, died on Saturday night.The 89-year-old former official had suffered complications from prostate ... [Published Korea Herald - May 19 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports
Rhyu Si-min
Rhyu Si-min

Conservative cable TVs draw fire

President Park Geun-hye stands up as participants sing “Nimeul Wihan Haengjingok” (March for the Beloved), a representative protest song, during the official ceremony of the 33rd anniversary of the Gwangju Democratic Movement in the National May 18 Cemetery ... [Published Korea Times - May 19 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Sullying noble sacrifices

Ideologues must not be allowed to distort historyIt was good to see a sitting President honor the May 1980 democracy movement in Gwangju, for the first time in five years Saturday. It was bad to find no bereaved families of the deceased fighters in the ... [Published Korea Times - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports
Park Geun-Hye
Park Geun-Hye

(Update) 5.18 Civic Groups Boycott Official Government Ceremonies

Thousands of people attended official ceremonies held today to mark the 33rd anniversary of the May 18th Democratization Movement, which had killed hundreds of people after then President Chun Doo-hwan ordered a crackdown on protestors in Gwangju back ... [Published Tbs eFM - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Pres. Park calls for national unity marking May 18th Democratic Uprising

President Park Geun-hye paid a visit to a national cemetery in Korea's southern city of Gwangju on Saturday, commemorating the anniversary of the May 18th Democratic Uprising.It marks the 33rd year since the democratic movement erupted in Gwangju against ... [Published Arirang - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Park honors May 1980 pro-democracy movement, calls for national unity

GWANGJU, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Saturday took part in honoring the 33rd anniversary of a popular movement in the southern city of Gwangju that acted as the watershed in the nation's transition into a democracy and said the event ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

[Editorial] Get to the bottom of allegations of N. Korean involvement in democracy movement

The Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 marks its 33rd anniversary this year, but its democracy activists are going through the wringer right now. The government declined to give their iconic "March for the Beloved" official memorial song status, ... [Published Hani.co.kr - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Gwangju Uprising Ceremony Attended By President Park

Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the May 18th Gwangju Uprising - Korea's notable democracy movement that left hundreds of people dead after then President Chun Doo-hwan ordered a crackdown on protestors in Gwangju back in 1980.President Park Geun-hye ... [Published Tbs eFM - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Seoul City to unveil habitual tax dodgers

Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday that it will publish a list of 942 people who owe overdue taxes of more than 30 million won ($28,000) on its website.The list includes former President Chun Doo-hwan who owes 30 million won from the sale of a ... [Published Korea Times - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

A president can’t run from his illegal acts

Members of civic groups hold a press conference on May 16 in front of former president Chun Doo-hwan’s house in Seoul’s Yeonhui neighborhood. The civic groups are asking for the government to look into Chun’s alleged concealed property assets. Chun is ... [Published Hani.co.kr - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Chung Doo-hwan Among Deliquent Taxpayers

The city of Seoul says former President Chun Doo-hwan owes millions in unpaid backtaxes.Chun reportedly has over 30 million won of unpaid local taxes from 2010, which has accumulated up to some 40 million won.Meanwhile, the Seoul Metropolitan Government ... [Published Tbs eFM - May 17 2013]

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Seeking Justice for Dictatorship Victims – Two ... [Published Inter Press Service - May 21 2013]
Defectors Accuse North of Stirring Unrest Durin... [Published VOA News - May 21 2013]
Netizens locked in 'ideological warfare' [Published Korea Times - May 20 2013]
The hunt is on for former president Chun Doo-hw... [Published Hani.co.kr - May 20 2013]
Architect of economic development Nam dies [Published Korea Times - May 19 2013]
Former Prime Minister Nam dies at 89 [Published Korea Herald - May 19 2013]
Conservative cable TVs draw fire [Published Korea Times - May 19 2013]
Sullying noble sacrifices [Published Korea Times - May 19 2013]
Arroyo Faces International Tribunal... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 19 2013]
Ex-Prime Minister Nam Duck-woo Dies at Age of 89 [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 19 2013]
(Update) 5.18 Civic Groups Boycott Official Go... [Published Tbs eFM - May 18 2013]
Pres. Park calls for national unity marking May... [Published Arirang - May 18 2013]
[Editorial] Get to the bottom of allegations of... [Published Hani.co.kr - May 18 2013]
On this day in history, May 17 [Published WHP CBS21 - May 18 2013]
Gwangju Uprising Ceremony Attended By President... [Published Tbs eFM - May 18 2013]
Park honors May 1980 pro-democracy movement, ca... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 18 2013]
Seoul City to unveil habitual tax dodgers [Published Korea Times - May 17 2013]
Korea: Kwangju after one year [Published Korea Times - May 17 2013]
Song roils Gwangju Movement service [Published Korea Times - May 17 2013]
Foreign schools unsupervised [Published Korea Times - May 17 2013]
A president can’t run from his illegal acts [Published Hani.co.kr - May 17 2013]
Chung Doo-hwan Among Deliquent Taxpayers [Published Tbs eFM - May 17 2013]
Conservatives should embrace pro-democracy song [Published Korea Times - May 16 2013]
Korean history should become compulsory subject [Published Korea Times - May 09 2013]
Korean ministry under fire over grassroots song [Published Yahoo Philippines News - May 08 2013]
Joshua Eaton: Terror, Torture And Resistance [Published Huffington Post - May 06 2013]
South Korea’s Christian Military Chaplaincy in ... [Published Japan Focus - May 06 2013]
Resolute, compassionate diplomat who sympathise... [Published Melbourne Age - May 02 2013]
Ex-presidents' behaviors [Published Korea Times - Apr 21 2013]
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Reason NK will attack [Published Internet Anthropologist Think Tank - Apr 12 2013]
NO COUNTER ATTACKS; January 1967North Korean artillery targets a South Korean vessel, theDangpo, patrolling in the Yellow Sea with 70 sailors on board. The shipsinks, killing 39 of the crew.January 1968A team of 31 North Korean commandos crosses into ...
S Korea, Burma plan monument to 1983 bombing [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - Jan 15 2013]
A South Korean delegation will visit Burma next month to finalise an agreement on building a monument to the victims of North Korea’s 1983 attempt to assassinate the South’s president in Rangoon. “A group of our officials and experts will visit the ...
Park caught in debate crossfire – The Korea Herald [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Dec 05 2012]
Presidential frontrunner Park Geun-hye came under fire in Tuesday’s TV debate from both opposition candidates over her aides’ corruption, absolute control of her party and ties to the incumbent administration and past dictatorial governments. Park struck ...
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