Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who suffered in recent years from Alzheimer’s disease and a blood cancer, was declared dead after a heart attack at his Seoul home. He was 90 ...

Chun Doo-hwan, second from the right at the rear, poses with other students at the Korea Military Academy, in this 1951 file photo. He made friends who later helped him lead the 19 ...

Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, his former ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who seized power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds ...