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How did Moon Jae-In defend trade unionists and student activists under Chun Doo-Hwan?
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Moon Jae-In
South Korea's 12th president, Moon Jae-In, 2017.
In 1982, Moon Jae-In established a legal practice in Busan alongside his friend and future president Roh Moo-Hyun. The two lawyers specialized in civil and human rights matters, dedicating their work to defending trade unionists and student activists who faced persecution under the authoritarian regime of President Chun Doo-Hwan.1