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south korea's former president chun doo—hwan has died at the age of 88.ews agency. he was part of the military coup in 1979 and ruled the country as de facto leader for a year before taking office as president in 1980 and serving for eight years. he was later imprisoned for corruption. we will bring you more background and analysis to that story when we get it on bbc news. a private investigator has been describing the lengths he says he went to, around 15 years ago to get information about prince harry and his then girlfriend chelsy davy. speaking for the first time, gavin burrows has told the bbc that he targeted her voicemails for a newspaper. prince harry is part of a group involved in ongoing legal action against the news of the world and the sun that could culminate in a trial. the private investigator is a witness in the legal case. his claims have yet to be heard in court and are strongly disputed by the publisher of both papers. news group newspapers has though previously accepted that some unlawful activity did occur at the news of the world but

the former president of south korea, chun doo—hwan, whose iron—fisted rule following a 1979 militarys, has died at the age of 90. a former military commander, chun presided over the infamous army massacre of thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators in gwangju in 1980 — a crime for which he was later convicted and received a commuted death sentence. china has warned that any taiwanese company that supports �*s the island's independence will be punished china has warned that any taiwanese company that supports the island's independence will be punished according to the law. the warning came hours after two subsidiaries of a taiwanese conglomerate, far eastern group, were fined millions of dollars by chinese regulators. the warning is the latest intensification of beijing's economic, diplomatic, and military pressure on taiwan, which it considers an inseparable part of china. 70 years ago, denmark conducted a �*social experiment�* on children from greenland, taking them away from their parents so they could become more danish. 22 inuit children were taken to live in denmark for a year i

chun doo hwan, the former u.s.-backed military dictator of south korea, has died at the age of 90. general chun seized power through a coup in 1979. a year later, he ordered a brutal attack on a pro-democracy uprising in kwangju, with estimates of the death toll ranging from 500 to over 2000 people. at the time, then-u.s. president jimmy carter backed the violent crackdown on the pro-democracy protesters. korean activists are demanding the u.s. acknowledge its role in chun's rise to power and the cruelty of his regime. portugal has shut down its last coal-fired power plant, making it the fourth european nation to give up coal. the move comes nine years ahead of a 2030 target set by the portuguese government. climatactivists hailed the move but warned the plant should not be converted to producing energy through fossil fuels, wood, or other non-sustainable materials. president biden announced the u.s. will tap into its strategic oil reserves in hopes of reducing energy prices president -- energy prices. the u.s. will release 50 million barrels of crude oil. mr. biden: it will take t