THEME: Kwangju: Citizens' Response to State Violence   THE ISSUE: The May 1980 Kwangju uprising was a significant turning point in the establishment of democracy in South Korea. However, the events and...

2008-10-15 

Lingering legacy of Korean massacre By Becky Branford BBC News Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 May, 2005, 01:08 GMT 02:08 UK The soldiers' open brutality drew outraged residents into the struggleA quarter ...

2008-10-15 

by Hyejin KimGlobal Voices Saturday, July 28th, 2007 @ 07:20 UTC   History seems unforgettable. Especially tragedies. A movie that just opened in Korea brings up a piece of history, the Kwangju Uprising or Kwangj...

2008-10-15 

By SHERYL WUDUNN August 29, 1996   When paratroopers stormed City Hall here 16 years ago, committing a massacre that has haunted this country ever since, Kim Young Chul was deep inside the building, clutchi...

2008-10-07 

National Human Rights Commission of Korea NHRCK [2008-09-24]             In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights which is recognized as th...

2008-10-07 

National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK)  [2008-09-24]   The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK, Chairperson: Prof. AHN Kyong-Whan) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

2008-10-07 

    Bloody uprising was a democratic milestone By Joseph MangunoSpecial to CNN Interactive   South Korean soldiers round up protesters during the Kwangju uprising in May 1980. Activists demanded democra...

2008-10-02 

by Colin DonaldKWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA - FOR 20 years, Lee Jai Eui has been justifying to himself his decision to leave the occupied Provincial Hall and sneak out of the city, abandoning his post as a key...

2008-10-02 

Korean StudiesInternet Discussion List KOREAN STUDIES REVIEW   The Kwangju Uprising: Eyewitness Press Accounts of Korea's Tiananmen, edited by Henry Scott-Stokes and Lee Jai Eui. Armonk, New York: M.E...

2008-10-02 

by Nick Mamatas (laddertrick@gvny.com) - July 02, 2001  May 18, 1980 saw one of the most important events in the history of Asia, and you've almost certainly never heard of it. America's long history...

2008-10-02