Arrests by Chun Doo-hwan Government

Date: October 27, 1980 • Location: Rome, Italy

The Chun Doo-hwan government arrested 153 people related to the Jogye Order, which is considered an abuse of state power.

Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. A member of the military, he ruled the country as a military dictator following a successful coup in December 1979. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Fifth Republic of Korea.