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 ...

After 45 years, many still don't know about the sexual violence women faced around the Gwangju Uprising. Today, the survivors are speaking out in the hopes of forcing the government to act.

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 ...

The Gwangju Uprising began after General Chun Doo-hwan came to power in a coup on Dec 12 1979, following the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. Five months after General Chun declared martial ...

The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, told its story in “Human Acts.” By Victoria Kim Reporting from ...

Han Kang, whose novel “Human Acts” centers on the Gwangju Uprising, won a Nobel Prize this year. A recent movie about the 1979 coup, “12.12: The Day,” has received several awards ...

The Gwangju uprising is sometimes described as South Korea's Tiananmen moment. (Supplied: 5.18 Foundation, Na Kyung Taek)What happened in Gwangju. In mid-May 1980, South Korean society was in the ...

Na Kyung Taek’s photos bore witness — and helped bring international attention — to the military junta’s brutal suppression of a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980.

The Gwangju Uprising was a pro-democracy public uprising against the military dictatorship of the army general Chun Doo-hwan. Chun had usurped power after the assassination of President Park Chung-hee ...

The Gwangju Uprising was in 1980; South Korea would finally hold democratic elections in 1987. What role did the Gwangju Uprising — and the resulting massacre — play in South Korea’s ...

May 19, 2022. SEOUL – President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday paid tribute to protesters of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising, an unusual move for a conservative president that some say is aimed at ...

The story of the “Gwangju White Papers” and “Beyond Death,” the first underground handouts to discuss the Gwangju Uprising. By Hwang Sok-yong , Lee Jae-eui , Jeon Yong-ho , and Slin Jung ...