Roh Tae-woo (Korean: 노태우; Hanja: 盧泰愚; Korean pronunciation: [no.tʰɛ̝.u]; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean army general and politician...

election to be free and open. It was won by his close friend and ally Roh Tae-woo, who would continue many of Chun's policies during his own rule into...

South Korea. Roh Tae-woo became president for the 13th presidential term in the first direct presidential election in 16 years. Although Roh was from a...

8, 1935) is the widow of South Korean President Roh Tae-woo. She was the First Lady when Roh Tae-woo was in office, from 1988 to 1993. Kim was born on...

the military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan announced its choice of Roh Tae-woo as the next president. The public designation of Chun's successor was...

Law. During the early presidency of Roh Tae-woo, student uprisings continued in the face of apparent attempts by Roh to consolidate the new regime and extend...

Expo in 2030. Chey is married with Roh Soh-yeong, art director and daughter of former South Korea president Roh Tae-woo. They have been separated since September...

protests and before the 1988 Summer Olympics, which would be held in Seoul. Roh Tae-woo of the governing Democratic Justice Party won the elections with 37%...

11th class of Korea Military Academy graduates, such as Major General Roh Tae-woo, commanding general of 9th Infantry Division, and Major General Jeong...

Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo, and Chung Ho-yong. The group was an expansion of the group Osunghoe (오성회; 五星會), formed in 1951, which had five members-Roh, Chun,...

against each other, splitting the opposition vote and enabling ex-general Roh Tae-woo, Chun's hand-picked successor, to win the election. This was also despite...

and the June Democracy Movement of 1987 resulted in the election of Roh Tae-woo in the December 1987 presidential election. The Fifth Republic was dissolved...

commander modeled after him named Lee Tae-shin, who fights against the coup attempt in 1979. Chun Doo-hwan Roh Tae-woo Jeong Seung-hwa "7월 26일은 비운의 진짜 군인...

attention and caused a national media frenzy, and South Korean President Roh Tae-woo ordered a massive manhunt by the police and military to find them. On...

Roh Tae-woo 13th term (served: 1988–1993) 7th: Kim Young-sam 14th term (served: 1993–1998) 8th: Kim Dae-jung 15th term (served: 1998–2003) 9th: Roh Moo-hyun...

remorse" (Meeting with President Roh Tae Woo). May 25, 1990: Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, in a meeting with President Roh Tae Woo, said: "I would like to take...

Soh-yeong was born in Daegu, South Korea, on March 31, 1961. Her father, Roh Tae-woo is a former South Korean politician and army general who served as the...

Korean singer Lee Tae-Woo (born 1984), South Korean football player Roh Tae-woo (1932–2021), sixth president of South Korea (1988–1993) List of Korean...

been exceeded. On 3 December 1995, Chun, his ally and former President Roh Tae-woo, and 15 others were arrested on charges of conspiracy and insurrection...

The Games were officially opened by President of the Republic of Korea Roh Tae-woo. The ceremony was the last one at which doves were released. Since 1920...

Policy") was the signature foreign policy of South Korean president Roh Tae-woo. The policy guided South Korean efforts to reach out to the traditional...

(NKP; Korean: 신한국당; RR: Sinhangukdang) was founded by the merging of Roh Tae-woo's Democratic Justice Party, Kim Young-sam's Reunification Democratic Party...

when DJP presidential candidate Roh Tae-woo promised that year's presidential election would be free and democratic. Roh became the first direct elected...

president who is a Catholic, after Moon Jae-in, Roh Moo-hyun (a lapsed Catholic), Kim Dae-jung, and Roh Tae-woo. He was baptized with the Christian name "Ambrose"...

but were ultimately crushed by the army. On May 20, 1980, Chun and Roh Tae-woo ordered the National Assembly to be dissolved by deploying troops in...

Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941) 2021 – Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (b...

The Seoul Spring (Korean: 서울의 봄) was a period of democratization in South Korea from 26 October 1979 to 17 May 1980. This expression was derived from the...

speech by Roh Tae-woo, presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Justice Party of South Korea, on 29 June 1987. In the declaration, Roh promised...

to form the Democratic Liberal Party, led by President Roh Tae-woo. Before they merged, Roh's party did not have a majority in the National Assembly....

the attack, but was later pardoned by the President of South Korea, Roh Tae-woo because it was deemed that she had been brainwashed in North Korea. Kim's...