A photograph held in private hands for 40 years shows two Asahi Shimbun reporters relaxing in a candle-lit room at an inn in the South Korean city of Gwangju while covering a popular uprising that ...

My hometown’s legacy of overcoming injustice gives me hope that, together, Koreans will stop the insurrection that is still underway ...

A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before.

Hundreds of people are estimated to have died or gone missing when the South Korean government violently put down the Gwangju uprising by ... Years after the massacre, many details remain ...

26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in the city of Gwangju who were demonstrating ... the person responsible for the massacre.

The novel is based on the real-life 1980 Gwangju Uprising, a massacre in South Korea where hundreds of civilians were killed by the military. Han’s connection to the city of Gwangju makes the ...

Han was visiting the May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju in the south where victims of a 1980 pro-democracy uprising are buried. He made the visit hours after announcing his candidacy.

and the scene of a massive political struggle known as the Gwangju Uprising. This 1980 protest was led by determined university students fighting for democracy under an oppressive military government.

Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo visited a national cemetery honoring victims of a 1980 pro-democracy uprising Friday as ... May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju, 357 kilometers south of ...

The archdiocesan territory is known for its traditional arts. Gwangju (Kwangju) was the place of the May 18 Democratic Uprising in 1980 against the military coup. St. Joseph’s Church in Lahore is the ...