General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chun_Doo-hwan" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chun Doo-hwan">Chun Doo-hwan</a> of South Korea <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d'état_of_May_Seventeenth" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coup d'état of May Seventeenth">seizes control</a> of the government and declares <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martial law">martial law</a> in order to suppress student demonstrations.