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    Roh Tae-woo (Korean: 노태우; Hanja: 盧泰愚; Korean pronunciation: [no.tʰɛ̝.u]; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean politician and army general...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    September 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...
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    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%...
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    Soh-yeong was born in Daegu, South Korea, on March 31, 1961. Her father, Roh Tae-woo is a former South Korean politician and ROK Army general who served as...
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  • widespread attention and caused a national media frenzy, and President Roh Tae-woo ordered a massive manhunt by the police and military to find them. On...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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