Military’s ‘Helicopter Shooting’ During Gwangju Uprising Confirmed: Probe Panel

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 [...]