Chun Doo-Hwan (Chub)

Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean politician, army general and military dictator who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. Chun usurped power after the 1979 assassination of president Park Chung Hee. Park was himself a military dictator who had ruled since 1961. Chun orchestrated the 12 December 1979 military coup, then cemented his military dictatorship in the 17 May 1980 military coup in which he declared martial law and later set up a concentration camp for "purificatory education". He established the Fifth Republic of Korea on 3 March 1981. He governed under a constitution somewhat less authoritarian than Park's Fourth Republic, but still held very broad executive power, and used extreme violence to maintain it. During his tenure, South Korea's economy would grow at its highest rate ever achieving the country's first trade surplus in 1986. After the June Struggle democratization movement of 1987, Chun conceded to allowing the December 1987 presidential election to be free and open. It was won by his close friend and ally Roh Tae-woo, who would continue many of Chun's policies during his own rule into the 1990s.

The Gwangju Uprising, known in Korean as May 18, were student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980. The uprising was in response to the coup d'état of May Seventeenth that installed Chun Doo-hwan as military dictator and the implementation of martial law. Following his ascent to power, Chun arrested opposition leaders, closed all universities, banned political activities, and suppressed the press. The uprising was violently suppressed by the South Korean military with the approval and logistical support of the United States under Carter administration, which feared the uprising might spread to other cities and tempt North Korea to interfere. The uprising is also known as the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, the Gwangju Democratization Struggle, the May 18 Democratic Uprising or the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea.

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Airborne troops are the most elite troops in our country. They are not even afraid of airborne troops. This shows that they are no longer ordinary citizens. These are obviously thugs! Don't hesitate any more, be sure to hit hard!

Chun Doo Hwan: Damn it! How did the country become like this? (Quan Doo-hwan was dissatisfied when he learned that Zheng Shenghe, who was in Gongjingdong when Park Chung-hee was assassinated, was not punished) Quan Douhuan: Airborne troops are the most elite troops in our country. They are not even afraid of airborne troops. This shows that they are no longer ordinary citizens. They are obviously thugs! Don't hesitate any more, be sure to hit hard! (Determined to suppress the Gwangju incident by force) Chun Doo-hwan: The recent young reporters have no experience at all. Chun Doo-hwan: My power as president is unlimited.

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