Written by George Katsiaficas   The history of the week-long uprising of the South Korean town of Kwangju against the regime of the West-backed dictator General Chun Doo-Hwan.   Though it was bloodily suppr...

2008-10-02 

by Ahn Jong-cheol    Korea Journal (Vol.42 No.3 Autumn 2002  pp.112~138)     Abstract In December 1979 and May 1980, one of the most tragic events broke out in Seoul and Gwangju. Th...

2008-10-01 

(Excerpt) By George Katsiaficas   In the past two centuries, two events stand out as unique beacons of the spontaneous ability of thousands of ordinary people to govern themselves: the Paris Commune of 1871 ...

2008-10-01 

Wrapping up their joint investigation into human rights violations by police during the candlelight demonstrations in South Korea, following a similar probe by Amnesty International, two Asian human right group...

2008-09-30 

  After the Gwangju incidents of May 1980, we crossed a bridge to where we cannot go back. So many people were massacred by a military disguised as the protector of democracy and justice. In an era where...

2008-09-29 

    (Note : This film review of May 18 taken from Korea Times - http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/07/135_6269.html)By Lee Hyo-wonStaff ReporterMay 18, 1980 is forever engraved in modern Korean hist...

2008-09-29 

  By In Hwa Yang / InternMy name is In Hwa Yang and I began as a volunteer at the May 18 Memorial Foundation in Gwang Ju, South Korea. The Foundation recently placed me as an intern with the Rain...

2008-09-26 

By In Kyung Choi/Intern   "Turn, Turn♬~ oh~"             The sounds of singing along with the crunch of footsteps on the floor. It's...

2008-09-26 

by Jose Ney(Excerpt)The next level of democracySouth Korea's democratization in 1987 after a sustained period of military rule brought important changes in the country's laws and institutions. Of particu...

2008-09-25 

Recognition of The May 18 Memorial Foundation by California State Senate February 23, 2008 Recognition of The May 18 Memorial Foundation by the City of LA, USA 18 May 2008

2008-09-25