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Roh Tae-woo, a former soldier, entered politics after the 12/12 military rebellion. After that, he won the presidency, but after leaving office, he became the first ex-president to be arrested in constitutional history. In particular, during his lifetime, he never apologized to the victims of the 5/18 pro-democracy movement and remained silent even in finding out the truth.



Next is reporter Baek Woon.



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Roh Tae-woo turned into a politician after Chun Doo-hwan, a classmate from the 11th class of the 6th Army who joined the 12/12 military rebellion, took office.



In the administration of Chun Doo-hwan, he started as the 2nd Minister of Political Affairs, went on to become the first Minister of Sports, and then to the representative of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea.



In 1987, Mr. Roh also defended Mr. Jeon's April 13 constitutional measure, which rejected the people's demand for direct constitutional amendment, as a "historical decision full of agony". accepted the constitutional amendment.



[Roh Tae-woo/President of the Democratic Party (June 29, 1987): I have a firm belief in the future issues of our country.]



And in December of the same year, in the first presidential election since the direct constitutional amendment, with the opposition division on its back, 'ordinary people' He was elected as the 13th president under the slogan.



[Roh Tae-woo / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate (November 1987): Greetings to you, Roh Tae-woo.]



During his reign, he promoted northern diplomacy and established diplomatic ties with communist countries such as the Soviet Union and China.It is also evaluated that the 88 Seoul Olympic Games were successfully held.



However, in 1995, as the successor Kim Young-sam government began to 'correct history', it was investigated for the use of important rebellion missions and bribery.




At the time, Chun Doo-hwan did not respond to the prosecution's summons after issuing a so-called 'alley statement', but Roh, who responded to the summons, was arrested for the first time among presidents in history.



Then, in April 1997, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison and a fine of 262.8 billion won, and was pardoned in December of the same year.



[Roh Tae-woo: I am very sorry for causing great concern to the people.]



In a memoir published in 2011, he wrote, "The true culprit is a rumor" about the May 18 Democratization Movement, and was severely criticized, but after that, he remained silent.



Jeon, who was judged by history alongside Roh, is being tried on charges of defamation of a lion against the late Father Jobio, who testified that he witnessed a helicopter shooting during the May 18 Democratization Movement.



Jeon, who is battling with a type of blood cancer, was in tears after hearing the news of Mr.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Ha Seong-won)  



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