Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies at age 90

Last month, Chun’s army friend and another ex-president Roh Tae-woo, who played a key role in the 1979 coup, died at the age of 88. Roh never directly apologised over the crackdown too.

“Gwangju is truly a huge pain in our country’s modern history. Chun and Roh were the only two people who…