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Roh Tae-woo
Roh Tae-woo was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. In 1987, he became the first president to be directly elected under the current democratic constitution, which was promulgated after a lengthy period of indirect elections under military governments following the advent of the Yushin Constitution in 1972.
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politics · President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993 · politician · military personnel · also Roh Tae-woo, Tae-woo
Born 4 December 1932 · Died 26 October 2021 · Q242651
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2026· 18 entries
Chosunbiz: Prosecutors raid Roh family sites as memo revives Roh Tae-woo slush fund probe - CHOSUNBIZ
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매일경제: As the prosecution accelerates its investigation into former President Roh Tae-woo's family's allege..
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news.sbs.co.kr: Prosecutors Seize Roh Tae-woo's Widow's Yeonhui-dong Residence Over Slush Fund Suspicions
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news.sbs.co.kr: News Briefing: Key Headlines... Roh Tae-woo Slush Fund Allegations... Kim Ok-sook's Residence Raided
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Korea JoongAng Daily: Prosecutors raid Roh Tae-woo family properties over alleged 126.6 billion won slush fund
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news.sbs.co.kr: Prosecutors Raid Home of Former First Lady Kim Ok-sook Over Roh Tae-woo Slush Fund Allegations
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news.sbs.co.kr: Roh Tae-woo's 'Slush Fund' Summoned by Chey Tae-won's Divorce: Will the Truth Come to Light After 35 Years?
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news.sbs.co.kr: Prosecutors Raid Home of Former President Roh Tae-woo's Wife Over Alleged Slush Fund
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아시아경제: ‘Divorce of the Century’ Triggers Investigation... Residence of Roh Tae-woo's Wife Searched Over 90.4 Billion Won Slush Fund Memo
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Seoul Economic Daily: Prosecutors Raid Roh Tae-woo Family Homes Over Slush Fund Suspicions
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아시아경제: [Breaking] Prosecutors Search Residence of Mrs. Kim Oksook Over 'Roh Tae-woo Slush Fund Allegations'
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아시아경제: Kuntak Park's 'Independent Confiscation System' Passes National Assembly... Could Slush Funds Linked to Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo Be Recovered?
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조선일보: Kim Tae-woo Links Makeup Choice to Kim Jeong-nan's Seniority
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조선일보: Jeong Tae-woo's Son Passes High School Equivalency
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스포츠조선: Jung Tae-woo's Son, a Former HYBE Trainee, Takes GED Exams for Elementary, Middle, and High School — Surprise Update After Idol Prep
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매일경제: FnGuide announced on the 10th that it has appointed Kim Tae-woo, a former Morgan Stanley Capital Int..
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매일경제: FnGuide announced on the 10th that it has appointed Kim Tae-woo, a former MSCI managing director, as..
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2021· 1 entry
Died 2021-10-26.
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2020· 1 entry
And he offered a flower wreath under his father's name
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2019· 1 entry
Two years before Roh's death, his son went to Gwangju and visited the May 18th National Cemetery on behalf of his father
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2013· 1 entry
The remaining W24 billion (USD22 million) of a W262
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2001· 1 entry
And the Korea Train Express (KTX) high speed rail system opened in 2004
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1996· 1 entry
Roh and Chun were convicted for corruption as well as their roles in the 1979 coup and the Gwangju massacre; Roh was sentenced to 17 years in prison while Chun was given a life sentence
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1993· 1 entry
Roh's successor Kim Young-sam led an anti-corruption campaign that investigated Roh and Chun
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1992· 2 entries
(the 1987 constitution retained the previous ban on reelection), Roh left office on 24 February 1993
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Roh's government sealed up a cave on Mount Halla where the remains of the Jeju uprising massacre victims had been discovered, continuing a series of coverups by successive administrations on the truth of the uprising
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1990· 1 entry
In order to overcome the paralysis of governing due to lack of majority support in the National Assembly, the Roh government sought to attain "a grand compromise" in partisan politics
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1989· 1 entry
Seoul established diplomatic relations with Hungary and Poland, followed by diplomatic ties with Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Mongolia in 1990
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1988· 2 entries
And for his foreign policy of Nordpolitik, which represented a major break from previous administrations
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Career landmark: President of South Korea (1988–1993).
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1987· 1 entry
Became the first president to be directly elected under the current democratic constitution, which was promulgated after a lengthy period of indirect elections under military governments following the advent of the Yu
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1985· 1 entry
Chairman of the ruling Democratic Justice Party
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1982· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of the Interior and Safety of South Korea (1982–1983).
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Career landmark: Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (1982–1982).
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1979· 1 entry
And commander of the Defense Security Command in 1980
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1968· 1 entry
As a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, later as a major general and the commander of White Horse Division in 1979
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-12-04.
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