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26 paź 2024 · When Han Kang was nine years old, a massacre of civilians by soldiers in her hometown of Gwangju drastically reshaped the course of South Korean history. Sometimes referred to as the Tiananmen Square of Korea, the 1980 Gwangju student uprising and subsequent mass killings were the subject of her acclaimed 2014 novel Human Acts.
The Gwangju Uprising, known in Korean as May 18 (Korean: 오일팔; Hanja: 五一八; RR: Oilpal; lit. Five One Eight), were student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980. The uprising was in response to the coup d'état of May Seventeenth that installed Chun Doo-hwan as military dictator and the implementation of martial law.
13 maj 2024 · On May 18, 1980, Gwangju citizens waged a fierce battle against the brutal martial law forces in the name of democracy. They did not stop, even though gunshots rang out – even though there was ruthless violence, bloodshed, and death.
18 maj 2023 · 한국 윤석열 대통령은 이날 오전 광주 국립 5·18민주묘지에서 열린 기념식에 지난해에 이어 두 번째로 참석했다. 윤 대통령은 기념사에서 "광주는 자유민주주의와 인권의 가치를 지켜낸 역사의 현장"이라며 "우리는 모두 오월의 정신으로 위협과 도전에 직면한 우리의 자유민주주의를 지키고 실천하며 창의와 혁신의 정신으로 산업 고도화와 경제 번영을...
Gwangju Uprising, mass protest against the South Korean military government that took place in the southern city of Gwangju between May 18 and 27, 1980. Nearly a quarter of a million people participated in the rebellion.
18 maj 2005 · 특히 올해는 5·18 광주민주화운동 25주년이라는 상징적 의미를 지니고 있다. 광주의 5월은 그동안 진실을 밝히려는 수많은 노력에 힘입어 폭동에서 민주화운동으로의 명예회복과 함께 피해자에 대한 보상도 이뤄지는 등 그 역사적 의의가 자리매김 됐다.
May 18 Democratic Uprising Archives. 2021-04-06. Jeju 4.3 Memorial Hall. 2020-11-06. Jeonil Building 245 Permanent Exhibition. 2020-11-05. Record of May, Heritage of Mankind
