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“A Flower for the Fallen”: Students Honor May 18 Martyrs in Gwangju’s Rain

“A Flower for the Fallen”: Students Honor May 18 Martyrs in Gwangju’s Rain

Gwangju, South Korea, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The rain came and went over Gwangju’s northern hills, but the students kept walking—518 of them, a symbolic number etched into the nation’s memory. On this overcast morning, just two days before the 45th anniversary of the May 18 Democratic Uprising, they made their quiet way through the [...]