SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military launched helicopter gunship attacks on civilians protesting against the junta of Chun Doo-hwan in 1980, a crime against humanity tantamount to a massacre, a government committee said Wednesday. During the Gwangju uprising, known as the Gwangju Democratization Movement, the Army fired shots toward citizens from 500MD [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday it has launched a special investigation team to look into the 1980 massacre of pro-democracy protests in Gwangju under the junta of Chun Doo-hwan. The task force will focus on allegations that soldiers were ordered to fire at protesters from helicopters and that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean film about a pro-democracy uprising in the country has surpassed 6.5 million in attendance as of the 11th day of its run, the film’s distributor said Saturday. “A Taxi Driver” hit the threshold Friday, becoming the fastest film to reach the milestone this year, according to Showbox. [...]
GWANGJU, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A man in his sixties is holding an exhibition featuring photographs that he has been taking at a cemetery honoring the victims of the Gwangju Uprising over the past 30 years. The Gwangju Uprising, where military forces violently suppressed civilians demonstrating against the military regime of Chun Doo-Hwan, took [...]