Indirect election

At 88: Ex-President Dies At National University Hospital Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country’s first move toward democracy before he was imprisoned for corruption, died on Tuesday. The Seoul National University Hospital said Roh died while being treated for an illness. It gave no further details. Roh was a key participant in the 1979 military coup that made his army friend and coup leader Chun Doo-hwan president after their mentor, dictator Park Chung-hee, was assassinated earlier in 1979. Roh led his army division into Seoul and…