The Rev. Moon Ik-hwan; South Korean Opposition Leader
The Rev. Moon Ik-hwan, 76, leader of South Korea’s pro-democracy movement. Moon was jailed five times for various dissident activities, including an unapproved visit to North Korea in 1989. He was released from prison last spring. Moon was a leader of the campaign opposing military dictators Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan, who ruled South Korea in the 1970s and ‘80s. Democracy returned with the 1988 election of Roh Tae-woo as president. In Seoul on Wednesday of a heart ailment.
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