Widow of SKorean dictator issues apology over brutal rule
27/11/2021 18:49
The widow of South Korea's last military dictator issued a brief apology over the :pains and scars" caused by her husband's brutal rule as dozens of relatives and former aides gathered at a Seoul hospital on Saturday to pay their final respects to Chun Doo-hwan. Chun, who took power in a 1979 coup and violently crushed pro-democracy protests a year later before being jailed for treason in the 1990s, died at his Seoul home Tuesday at the age of 90. On the final day of a five-day funeral procession, Chun's family held a funeral service at Seoul's Severance Hospital before taking his remains to a memorial park for cremation. Chun's widow, Lee Soon-ja, said during the service at the hospital that her husband had wished to be cremated and that his ashes be spread in border areas near North Korea.
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