New film '12.12: The Day' offers cautionary tale via story of 1979 military coup

Last month, a movie titled '12.12: The Day' was released. It is about the military coup-d’état of Dec. 12, 1979, that eventually led to Chun Doo-hwan becoming president of the Republic of Korea in 1980. As of the time of writing, more than seven million Koreans have seen the movie, which is titled 'Seoul's Spring' in Korean.

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