Editing Roh Tae-woo (section)

==Post-presidency (1993–2021)==
Barred from running for a second term in 1992 (the 1987 constitution retained the previous ban on reelection), Roh left office on 24 February 1993.

===Trial, jail sentence and pardon===
In 1993, Roh's successor Kim Young-sam led an anti-corruption campaign that investigated Roh and Chun. Kim had previously merged his party with Roh's in a deal that enabled him to win the election. Kim's administration also officially recognised the 12 December incident as a coup.

In October 1995, Roh, in a tearful televised speech, publicly apologized for having illegally amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in secret political donations during his term as president.<ref>{{cite news |date= 26 October 2021|title= Roh Tae-woo, who restored direct elections, dies at 88|url= https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/10/26/national/politics/Roh-Taewoo-Cold-War-democracy/20211026182308598.html|access-date= 27 October 2021}}</ref> Roh was arrested in November 1995 on charges of bribery.<ref name="CHRO"/> The two former presidents were also later separately charged with [[mutiny]] and treason for their roles in the 1979 coup and the 1980 Gwangju massacre.

The "trial of the century", as described by the media, saw both convicted in August 1996 for treason, mutiny, and corruption; Chun was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment, while Roh's 22½-year jail sentence was reduced to 17 years on appeal. Both were released from prison in December 1997 and pardoned by Kim Young-sam on advice of president-elect [[Kim Dae-jung]]. Both Roh and Chun attended Kim Dae-jung's inauguration on 25 February 1998.

In March 2006, Roh was also stripped of 11 national honours which he previously received.<ref name="CHRO"/>

Roh finished repaying fines from his illegally gained wealth in 2013. In 2013, the remaining W24 billion (USD22 million) of a W262.9 billion fine for corruption in office was paid.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/22/2013082201400.html | title=Ex-President Roh Tae-woo to Pay Remainder of Massive Fine | date=22 August 2013 | work=The Chosunilbo | language=en | access-date=27 October 2019 }}</ref> He mostly stayed out of politics and maintained a low profile in retirement, and he continued to express remorse over his crimes until his death in 2021. In 2019, two years before Roh's death, his son went to Gwangju and visited the May 18th National Cemetery on behalf of his father. Roh's son visited the cemetery a second time in 2020, and he offered a flower wreath under his father's name.<ref>{{cite news |date= 27 October 2021|title= (LEAD) Late ex-President Roh asks democracy uprising victims for forgiveness in last will
|url= https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211027007051315?section=national/politics|access-date= 27 October 2021}}</ref> In contrast, his friend and predecessor, Chun Doo-hwan stopped repaying his remaining fine and did not show regret or remorse for his past actions.

===Health (2002–2021)===
Roh suffered from prostate cancer and received surgery in 2002. He also suffered from cerebellar atrophy and [[asthma]].<ref name="Health"/> His son, Roh Jae-heon who is a lawyer based in the United States, said that Roh spent most of his final 10 years of his life in the hospital,<ref name="Health"/> while his daughter [[Roh Soh-yeong]], an art museum director, said he was bedridden for the past 10 years and unable to speak or move his body. On 12 August 2014, while confinement at the Seoul National University Hospital, Roh was visited by his predecessor and friend [[Chun Doo-hwan]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 27 October 2021|title= Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88
|url= https://apnews.com/article/elections-presidential-elections-seoul-south-korea-roh-tae-woo-042d3b044e10680ebb2d7047fb952379|access-date= 30 October 2021}}</ref>