Roh Tae-woo's Democratic Transition

Roh Tae-woo

Born near Dalseong-gun, Roh Tae-woo helped Chun Doo-hwan seize power but later issued the June 29 Declaration for direct presidential elections. Winning the 1987 election, he led South Korea through the 1988 Olympics and established historic diplomatic ties with Cold War bloc nations.

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1932	Birth of Roh Tae-woo (Period: December 4, 1932, Location: Near Dalseong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea (present-day Daegu Metropolitan City))
1950	Korean War (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1950–1953, Location: Korean Peninsula)
1951	Graduation from Kyungpook High School and Admission to the Korea Military Academy (Roh Tae-woo, Age: 18 years old, Period: 1951–1955, Location: Daegu, Korea, Seoul)
1955	Military Career in the South Korean Army (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1955–1981, Location: Various regions in Korea)
1959	Marriage (Roh Tae-woo and Kim Ok-suk, Age: 26 years old, Period: May 31, 1959, Location: Daegu Cultural Hall (Daegu Cultural Wedding Hall) in Daegu, Korea)
1961	Participation in and Support for the May 16 Military Coup (Age: 28 years old, Period: May 16, 1961, Location: Seoul, Korea)
1970	Vietnam War (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1970–1971, Location: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam))
1979	December 12 Military Coup (Age: 47 years old, Period: December 12, 1979, Location: Seoul, Korea)
1980	May 17 Measure to Extend Martial Law (Age: 47 years old, Period: May 17, 1980, Location: All of Korea) Gwangju Uprising (May 18 Democratic Uprising, Age: 47 years old, Period: May 18–27, 1980, Location: Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea (Present-day Gwangju Metropolitan City))
1981	Cabinet and High Government Posts under the Chun Doo-hwan Administration (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1981–1986, Location: Seoul, Korea)
1987	June Democratic Struggle (Age: 54 years old, Period: June–July 1987, Location: All of Korea (Seoul, Busan, Daegu, etc.)) Assumption of Office as Chairman of the Democratic Justice Party and Presidential Candidate (Roh Tae-woo, Age: 54 years old, Period: June–August 1987, Location: Seoul, Korea) June 29 Declaration (Age: 54 years old, Period: June 29, 1987, Location: Seoul, Korea) Victory in the Republic of Korea Presidential Election (Age: 55 years old, Period: December 16, 1987, Location: All of Korea)
1988	Promotion of Nordpolitik (Northern Policy, Age: 55 years old, Period: 1988–1992, Location: South Korea, Soviet Union, China, Eastern European countries, etc.) Inauguration as the 13th President (Roh Tae-woo, Age: 55 years old, Period: February 25, 1988, Location: Seoul, Korea) Hosting of the Seoul Olympic Games (Age: 55 years old, Period: September 17 – October 2, 1988, Location: Seoul, Korea)
1990	Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between South Korea and the Soviet Union (Age: 57 years old, Period: September 30, 1990, Location: New York, United States)
1991	Simultaneous Admission of South and North Korea to the United Nations (Age: 58 years old, Period: September 17, 1991, Location: New York, United States) Adoption of the Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between the South and the North (Age: 59 years old, Period: December 13, 1991, Location: Seoul, Korea)
1992	Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with China (Age: 59 years old, Period: August 24, 1992, Location: Beijing, China)
1993	Retirement from the Presidency (Age: 60 years old, Period: February 24, 1993, Location: Seoul, Korea)
1995	Roh Tae-woo Secret Political Slush Fund Scandal (Age: 62 years old, Period: 1995–1996, Location: Seoul, Korea) Treason and Rebellion Trials of Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo (Age: 62 years old, Period: 1995–1997, Location: Seoul, Korea) Arrest, Conviction, and Special Amnesty (Age: 62 years old, Period: November 1995 – December 1997, Location: Seoul, Korea)
2021	Death of Roh Tae-woo (Age: 88 years old, Period: October 26, 2021 (aged 88)) Death (Roh Tae-woo, Age: 88 years old, Period: October 26, 2021, Location: Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, Korea)

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Group	List
Founding of the PRC	Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai Lin Biao Liu Shaoqi Zhu De Chen Yun Jiang Qing Hua Guofeng Ye Jianying Wang Hongwen Zhang Chunqiao
Nation-building in Taiwan	Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Ching-kuo Chen Cheng Yen Chia-kan Lee Teng-hui Sun Li-jen Koo Chen-fu James Soong (Soong Chu-yu) Kang Ning-hsiang Shih Ming-teh
State-building in South Korea	Syngman Rhee Park Chung-hee Chun Doo-hwan Roh Tae-woo Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung Chang Myon Kim Jong-pil Lee Byung-chul Chung Ju-yung Kim Jae-gyu
Post-war Reconstruction of Japan	Shigeru Yoshida Ichiro Hatoyama Nobusuke Kishi Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Sato Kakuei Tanaka Takeo Fukuda Masayoshi Ohira Yasuhiro Nakasone Takeo Miki

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