THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 27, 2021 at 13:10 JST
Lee Soon-ja, second from right, the wife of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, watches the coffin containing the body of her husband at a funeral hall in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Korea Pool via AP)
SEOUL--The widow of South Korea’s last military dictator issued a brief apology over the “pains and scars” caused by her husband’s brutal rule as dozens of relatives and former aides gathered at a Seoul hospital on Saturday to pay their final respects to Chun Doo-hwan. [Read More]
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