The Kwangju Uprising that occurred in May 1980 is burned into the
minds of South Koreans in much the same way that Tiananmen is
burned into the minds of contemporary Chinese. As the world watched
in horror following the assassination of President Park Chung Hee,
student protesters were brutally suppressed by the military and
police led by strongman Chun Doo Hwan. Kim Dae Jung, the current
president of South Korea, was imprisoned and sentenced to death
during this period.
This book recreates those earth-shaking events through
eyewitness reports of leading Western correspondents on the scene
as well as Korean participants and observers. Photographs, detailed
street maps, and dramatic woodblock prints further illuminate the
day-to-day drama to keep this atrocity alive in the conscience of
the world.
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