a fact confirmed during Roh Tae-woo’s 1995 investigation. However, the court found the evidence credible, noting a memo by Roh Tae-woo’s wife mentioning “Sunkyong (SK’s former name ...

SEOUL--Dozens of relatives and dignitaries gathered in South Korea’s capital on Saturday to pay their final respects to former President Roh Tae-woo, a key participant in a 1979 military coup ...

He handed over power to his protege Roh Tae-woo. Roh and Chun had been close for decades, first meeting as classmates at military academy during the Korean War. In 1996 both men were convicted of ...

Former President Roh Tae-woo disclosed that the announcement of the joint declaration of denuclearization was a pre-emptive move intended to put the provocative North under control. In his memoir ...

Chun’s death came a month after his army friend and another ex-president, Roh Tae-woo, who also played a key role in the coup, died at age 88. Roh succeeded Chun as president by winning a ...