Chun was sentenced to death in 1996 for his role in the Gwangju Massacre , but later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam with the advice of then President-elect Kim Dae-jung , whom Chun 's administration had sentenced to death some 20 years earlier .
Chun was later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam with the advice of then President-elect Kim Dae-jung , who had sentenced to death by Chun some 20 years earlier .