A video projection showing Chun Doo-hwan, the military dictator responsible for the brutal suppression of the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, testifying before South Korea’s ...

The novel concludes with an epilogue titled, “The Writer, 2013.’’ We learn that Kang was 9 at the time of the Gwangju Uprising, and although her family had moved away from her hometown ...

A total of 242,503 people in May visited the graves of those who participated in the Gwangju Democratic Uprising in 1980, according to local media reports on Tu ...

Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung (3rd from R), the minor New Reform Party's Lee Jun-seok (2nd from R) and the minor Justice Party's Kwon Young-kook (R) attend a ceremony ...

Ahead of anniv. of 1980 pro-democracy uprising Kweon Seong-dong, ... 2025, two days ahead of the 45th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. The Gwangju May 18 ...

Lee has also pledged to recognize Korea’s major pro-democracy movements in the Constitution, including the May 18 Gwangju Uprising, the June 10 Democracy Movement and the Candlelight Revolution.

June 9, 2025 e-Paper. Search for topics, people, ... Protester in Bangladesh student uprising of 2024 is a voter in W.B.’s Kakdwip Newton Das, ...

Han Kang’s Human Acts (2014), the Nobel Prize in Literature (2024), lucidly portrays the painHan Kang’s Human Acts (2014), the Nobel Prize in Literature (2024), lucidly portrays the pain of democide ...

The answer is not a mystery. It begins with shedding associations with regressive nationalism. Joo Dae-hwan, head of the Korean Democracy Movement Veterans' Association, warned that now is not the ...

News, investigations, video and analysis of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, including criminal charges and congressional hearings.

June 1 marks the start of Pride Month, kicking off a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) history, culture and resilience. The first Pride parade took place in New ...

At the end of May 2025, calls for June no longer to be LGBTQ Pride Month, but instead Veterans Month, spread on the internet. For example, an X account posted a photograph of a woman wearing a ...