Roh Tae-Woo, South Korean Leader as It Moved Toward Democracy, Dies at 88

Mr. Roh, who played a role in a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980 but also oversaw its winning 1988 Olympics bid, left a mixed legacy and was mired in legal trouble in his later years.

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