May 18 Memorial Foundation welcomed the scholars from the third cohort of the Global NGO Master’s Program (GNMP) on Friday. The GNMP, started by the Foundation in 2016, is a two-year-long master progra...

2018-09-28 

A total of 25 human rights defenders from 15 different countries participated in this year’s May 18 Academy held in the cities of Seoul, Gwangju, and Jeju in South Korea from September 3 to 17.  The ...

2018-09-28 

This year, five students from five different countries of Asia have been successful to receive the May 18 Memorial Foundation’s Scholarship to pursue the Global NGO Master Program (GNMP) at the Chonnam Nat...

2018-07-11 

2017-05-08 

         Last May 16-18, 2016, The May 18 Memorial Foundation hosted a successful annual event, the Gwangju Asia Forum under the theme of “State Violence and Historical Distortio...

2016-06-02 

             Last May 16-17, 2014, The May 18 Memorial Foundation hosted a successful annual event, the Gwangju Asia Forum under the theme of “Responsibil...

2014-06-17 

7 members of Korean Women association in Germany and 6 members of Japanese Women gathering in Germany visited Gwangju on 10th October, as one part of Korea-Japan historical sites exploration program. Po...

2013-10-25 

Mr. Kang In-nam, the representative of  Korea Committee for Overseas Community Organization, led the 14 NGO activists from Burma visited Gwangju. They went to the National May 18 Cemetery and...

2013-10-10 

We are glad to share with you, We successfully conducted the May 18 Peace Ambassadors- the orientation of the second semester on 29th September. We discussed the following activity plans and what ...

2013-10-10 

The May 18 Folk Academy Ⅱ, which was previously organized in the name of "Gwangju Human Rights Folk School" since 2004, was held in Inje (in Gangwon Province, the far northen side of South Korea), Seoul an...

2013-09-16