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3 days ago · In August 1980 Chun Doo-Hwan was elected president by the NCU. A new constitution, under which the president was limited to one seven-year term, was approved in October, ushering in the Fifth Republic. Martial law was lifted in January 1981, and in February Chun was elected president under the new constitution.
2 days ago · SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- Director Chu Chang-min's latest film, Land of Happiness, set to be released on August 14, explores the turbulent period in South Korean history following the assassination of President Park Chung-hee on October 26, 1979, and the subsequent military coup led by then-Security Commander Chun Doo-hwan on December 12, 1979.
3 days ago · The First Republic of Korea ( Korean : 제1공화국; RR : Jeil Gonghwaguk; lit. "First Republic") was the government of South Korea from August 1948 to April 1960. The first republic was founded on 15 August 1948 after the transfer from the United States Army Military Government that governed South Korea since the end of Japanese rule in 1945 ...
1 day ago · With the successful staging of Miss Universe 1980 and the 1986 Asian Games, Chun Doo-hwan, Park's successor, submitted Korea's bid to the IOC in September 1981, in hopes that the increased international exposure brought by the Olympics would legitimize his authoritarian regime amidst increasing political pressure for democratization and less rigidity in state policies.
4 days ago · Yoo’s character, Chun Sang-du, is modeled after the real-life character Chun Doo Hwan, Korea's notorious dictator who seized power following Park Chung Hee's assassination. Yoo spoke about the challenge of embodying a man poised to exploit a national crisis for personal gain.
2 days ago · Following Park's death and the 1979 coup d'état of December Twelfth, the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan enacted additional restrictions over the media. [17] In 1980, Chun forced the merger of all 29 private broadcasters into the state-owned Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), creating a state-led media monopoly.
6 days ago · The authoritarian regimes of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan used the “importance of livelihoods” as a pretext for suppressing democracy and human rights. The roughly four decades since democratization have thrust Koreans into a fierce state of competition, where success in global rivalries is essential for our survival.
