Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean governing party's candidate for the presidential election in March next year, said the comments by Chun's widow "insulted the citizens of Gwangju and our people.” “I don’t think anyone will be consoled by Lee Soon-ja’s comments today,” Cho told The Associated Press by phone. “As we wrap up the funeral procession today, I would like to offer a deep apology on behalf of our family toward the people who suffered pains and scars during my husband’s time in office,” said Lee, without specifying Chun’s misdeeds.Ĭhun never apologized for his atrocities, which included overseeing a massacre of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in the southern city of Gwangju in 1980, one of the darkest moments in the country’s modern history that came as he attempted to solidify his rule following the coup.Ĭho Jin-tae, a senior official at a foundation representing Gwangju victims, said Lee’s vague expression of remorse rang hollow and called for Chun’s family to back her words with action, including cooperating with truth-finding efforts into Chun’s major wrongdoings. 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. 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. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - 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.Ĭhun, 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. The flags read: "President Chun Doo-hwan rests in peace." Ahn Young-joon/AP Show More Show Less Former South Korean military strongman Chun, who crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in 1980, died on Tuesday.
The flags read: "President Chun Doo-hwan rests in peace." Ahn Young-joon/AP Show More Show Less 3 of3 Mourners gather outside a funeral hall of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. (Korea Pool via AP) AP Show More Show Less 2 of3 A hearse carrying the body of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan leaves a funeral hall in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. Jung was additionally convicted of filming sex videos of women against their will and sharing them with friends in a group chat.1 of3 Lee Soon-ja, second from right, the wife of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, watches the coffin containing the body of her husband at a funeral hall in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. READ MORE: K-pop singer Jung Joon-young admits to filming women without consent
The court said in a statement that they were convicted of committing “special quasi-raping,” which it said means multiple people collaborating to have illicit sexual intercourse with a person who was unconscious or unable to resist. The Seoul Central District Court said singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young received a six-year prison term and former boy band member Choi Jong-hoon a five-year term. Send this page to someone via email emailĪ South Korean court on Friday found two K-pop stars guilty of illicit sexual relations with a woman who was unable to resist and sentenced them to up to six years in prison.