S. Korea strips honors from 76 linked to Chun Doo-hwan’s coup, Gwangju crackdown

The Korea Herald

South Korea will revoke military decorations awarded to 76 people for their involvement in the Dec.

12, 1979, military coup, the suppression of the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising and related martial law operations, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

In the Dec.

12 coup, former President Chun Doo-hwan led a rebellion with other officers to seize control of the armed forces.

The group later expanded martial law nationwide and deployed troops to suppress pro-democracy protests in the southwestern ...

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