South Korea Dictator's Grandson Sorry For 1980 Gwangju Crackdown
The grandson of South Korea's last dictator has apologised to relatives of those killed in a brutal military crackdown in 1980.
Tuesday 04 April 2023 | 19:00
The grandson of South Korea's last dictator has apologised to relatives of those killed in a brutal military crackdown in 1980.
Chun Woo-won, 27, said military strongman Chun Doo-hwan was a "sinner and slaughterer".
The city of Gwangju was the centre of an uprising against martial law, imposed by Chun after he led a coup.
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