Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol follows a line of former South Korean leaders who have had their reputations marred or terms interrupted by scandal. Among them are presidents who have faced ...

Chang Myon (1899-1966). Chang Myon's government ended when Park Chung-hee, a major-general, led a military coup on May 16, 1961. Over a cup of coffee in my office, Father Chang kept criticizing ...

This installment deals with how Kim was able to persuade many men in uniform to join a military coup, which he describes as a revolution, to remove the Chang Myon government that came to power ...

Park led a coup in 1961 to overthrow Rhee's successor, Chang Myon, and later became president. Park led the country for 18 years through a period of rapid economic development known as the ...