Roh Tae-woo

[ noh tey-woo ]

noun

1. 1932–2021, president of South Korea 1988–93.

Example Sentences

It also found that Ms Roh had helped ease regulatory hurdles for Mr Chey's business and that her father - former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo - had "played the role of a protective shield" for SK's ex-chairman Chey Jong-hyon.

From BBC

Roh Tae-woo — the first democratically elected president after the military juntas — got a life sentence after stepping down for his participation in past coups and for human rights abuses.

From Washington Times

In 1987, Gen. Roh Tae-woo, who was about to become president, concluded that his party was strong enough amid a divided opposition to hold the Republic of Korea’s first free and fair presidential election.

From Washington Post

Two other former presidents, Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, were indicted and arrested for corruption after leaving office.

From Washington Post

Half a world away, two former strongmen who led South Korea in back-to-back regimes in the 1980s and ’90s died within a month of each other: first, in October, Roh Tae-woo, a former general who oversaw his country’s transition from dictatorship to democracy; then, in November, Chun Doo-hwan, the dictator who had seized power in a coup and later hand-picked his friend Roh to succeed him.

From Seattle Times