The Gwangju Uprising is considered a pivotal moment in South Korea’s move away from military dictatorship to democracy. In the uprising that began on May 18, 1980, about 240 people were either ...

GWANGJU, South Korea--New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called for consolidation in a speech on May 18 to mark a pro-democracy uprising that was squashed by the South Korean military 42 ...

It is 40 years since Choi Jung-ja saw her husband, who has been missing since South Korea's military dictatorship killed hundreds of people when they crushed the May 18 Gwangju pro-democracy ...

This composite photo shows protesters calling for the removal of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office (L) and those ...

KIM-GUN searches for the whereabouts of a young man whose identity has sparked a national controversy over the 1980 May 18 Gwangju Uprising. Starting with the vague memories of those who had ...

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Han Kang, this year's laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature, hopes her novel "Human Acts" will be an access road to understanding the May 18, 1980, pro-democracy ...

The concert of singer Lee Seung-hwan, which was canceled in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, will be held in Gwangju in May, coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the May 18 Democratic Uprising.