May 18 Archives | Be Korea-savvy

Students Demand U.S. Apology for Gwangju Massacre

SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Students of Chonnam National University, located in Gwangju, rallied in front of their president’s office on Sept. 6 in disapproval of the visitor that day – U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris. About a dozen CNU students, including some members of the student council, gathered around the university’s main hall [...]

30 Years of Photographs from Gwangju Victims Cemetary

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 [...]