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Ex-President Chun Doo Hwan's grandson ends first installment of AI-generated webtoon series

Chun Woo-won, the grandson of former President Chun Doo Hwan, updated his AI-generated webtoon series on his Instagram on Tuesday, revealing his reckoning with one of the darkest chapters in Korean history — and his own family’s role in it.

2026.1.13

Young Chun Woo-won, right, with his grandfather, former President Chun Doo Hwan, in a photo uploaded to Chun Woo-won's Instagram account on Dec. 25. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Chun Doo Hwan's grandson posts more family criticism on Instagram

Chun Woo-won, grandson of Korea's late strongman Chun Doo Hwan, continued criticizing his family with photographs and cryptic messages through his Instagram account.

2025.12.26

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Chun Woo-won, left, the grandson of former President Chun Doo Hwan, began a new online webtoon series on his Instagram account, right, on Dec. 4. The captured webtoon shows the main character's grandfather, likely Chun Doo Hwan, abusing the young child. [JOINT PRESS CORPS, SCREEN CAPTURE]

Grandson of late South Korean dictator begins webtoon telling of family abuse, repression

The grandson of late strongman Chun Doo Hwan began an AI-generated webtoon series on his Instagram account, seemingly based on his story of being abused by his father and oppressed by his grandparents.

2025.12.15

Chun Woo-won, grandson of the late former President Chun Doo Hwan, attends a 1980 Gwangju Uprising event in Gwangju on May 27. [YONHAP]

Late President Chun Doo Hwan's grandson indicted for drug use

The indictment by the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday comes six months after Chun's return to Seoul from New York, where he livestreamed explosive accusations against his own family on social media.

2023.9.21

Chun Woo-won speaks to reportrers after being released from police custody at the Seoul Mapo Police Station on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Chun Doo Hwan grandson heads straight to Gwangju after release

He said he will continue to apologize to the people of Gwangju regarding the atrocity committed by his grandfather during the pro-democracy uprising in 1980. Chun confessed to the police on taking drugs - marijuana to Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

2023.3.29

Chun Woo-won, grandson of former president Chun Doo Hwan, is arrested by police at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday morning. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Grandson of former president Chun Doo Hwan arrested at Incheon airport

Police arrested Chun Woo-won, grandson of former president Chun Doo Hwan, upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday over alleged illegal drug use.

2023.3.28

Chun Woo-won is seen taking in a drug substance during a YouTube livestream. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Chun Doo Hwan's grandson discharged from hospital after livestreaming drug usage

Ex-president Chun Doo Hwan's grandson Chun Woo-won said he left the hospital Friday, a week after a drug-using broadcast ruckus.

2023.3.24

A photo of former president Chun Doo Hwan, center, and his two grandsons was shared by his grandson Chun Woo-won on Tuesday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Grandson of late president Chun dishes dirt on family

The grandson of late former president Chun Doo Hwan has been setting tongues on fire with a series of revelations about his family, including accusation that it used ill-begotten money to sustain a luxurious lifestyle.

2023.3.16