(Copyright) Date: 26-Aug-23

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Ex-Ssangyong Group Chairman Kim Suk-won dies at 78

Kim Suk-won, former chairman of the now-defunct Ssangyong Group, has died of old age, his aides said Saturday. He was 78.Kim took over the midsized business group, which started as a cement-making company in 1975. The business group went on to aggress…

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Today in Korean history Date: 26-Aug-23

1980 — Chun Doo-hwan, a former army general, is named president by a hand-picked electoral college. Chun seized power in an internal military coup on Dec. 12 of the previous year, in which he arrested then martial law commander Gen. Chung Seung-hwa.1…

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