Lee Soon-ja, second from right, the wife of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. Photo / APLee Soon-ja, second from right, the wife of the late former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. Chun's widow, Lee Soon-ja, said during the service at the hospital that her husband had wished to be cremated and that his ashes be spread in border areas near North Korea. Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean governing party's candidate for the presidential election in March next year, said the comments by Chun's widow "insulted the citizens of Gwangju and our people." He questioned whether Lee Soon-ja deliberately excluded Gwangju victims from her apology by explicitly referring to Chun's time in office.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 27, 2021 19:49 UTC