GWANGJU — As Korea marks the 45th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising, a city once silenced by tanks and tear gas is again alive with color, sound and critical reflection. From May 8 to 29 ...

In South Korea, the collective memory of a pro-democracy uprising inspires a new generation to resist authoritarianism.

The 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju, the bloody 1948-1954 ... Curriculum and Evaluation and other state think tanks, the ministry said. In the case of history ...

managing to keep a hold on Gwangju for several days — until tanks rolled in and squashed the uprising for good. South Korea did not begin to transition to democracy until seven years later ...

Key presidential candidates ramped up their election campaigns in the liberal stronghold of Gwangju on Saturday, a day ahead of an anniversary marking a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the ...

and the prodemocracy mass uprising that took place in Gwangju on that date. A little more than a week later, a military crackdown that included tanks and helicopters stormed the hundreds of ...

When people in Gwangju rallied against martial law, he sent in tanks and paratroopers ... It was the beginning of a 10-day uprising during which soldiers shot protesters and citizens fought ...

The world of this novel revolves around the South Korean government’s brutal suppression of a student uprising in the city of Gwangju in 1980. It is tempting to refer to this event as South ...

The Gwangju uprising, considered one of the turning points in South Korea's transition from military dictatorship to democracy, was the subject of a series of memorial events and a photo display ...