Panel Says Late Ex-President Chun Called Recommendation for Crackdown on Gwangju Uprising ‘Good Idea’
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Late former President Chun Doo-hwan described a military document recommending a crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju as a “good idea,” a fact-finding panel said Monday. Marking the second anniversary of its launch, the May 18 Democratization Movement Truth Commission released interim results [...]