Strongman's grandson apologizes to pro-democracy victims

Strongman's grandson apologizes to pro-democracy victims

Chun Woo-won (R), a grandson of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, meets a bereaved family member of a victim of the crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising in 1980 in Gwangju, about 270 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 31, 2023, as he offers an apology in lieu of his grandfather. The 27-year-old has referred to his grandfather as "a slaughterer" due to the military's brutal suppression of the Gwangju uprising after he seized power through a coup in 1979. (Yonhap)

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