# Chun Doo-hwan

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 0 sources.

- Kind: person
- Role: General and de facto head of South Korea's martial-law government
- Jurisdiction: KR

## Incidents

| Date | Incident | Role | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 31, 1980 | [South Korea's martial-law government purges journalists who resisted press controls](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1980-south-korea-chun-doo-hwan-press-purge) | enforced | historical |

Timeline: https://thewaronnews.com/timeline/actor/chun-doo-hwan. As head of government: https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/chun-doo-hwan

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