The Victim Cosplay of A Former Dictator

Chun Doo-hwan, an infamous military dictator of South Korea, isn’t new to self-denial. For years, he has denied involvement in the Gwangju Democratization Movement — or Gwangju Uprising, as conservative skeptics like Chun call it. In his recent memoir, a massive trilogy spanning 2,000 pages, Chun is once again making headlines for denying his role in suppressing one of South Korea’s most iconic pro-democracy movements. On May 18 1980, shortly after Chun seized power through a military coup, t