Mangwol-dong cemetery, burial grounds of the victims of the Gwangju Democratization Movement

Gwangju is sometimes called " the shrine of Korean democracy " because of this incident, which is known today as the Gwangju Democratization Movement.

The Gwangju Democratization Movement had a profound impact on South Korean politics and history.

The Gwangju Democratization Movement has become a symbol of South Koreans ' struggle against authoritarian regimes and their fight for democracy.

In 1988, the National Assembly held a public hearing on the Gwangju massacre, and officially renamed the incident as the Gwangju Democratization Movement.

In 1995, as public pressure mounted, the National Assembly passed the Special Law on May 18 Democratization Movement, which enabled prosecution of those responsible for the December 12 coup d ' état and Gwangju massacre despite the fact that the statute of limitations had run out.

It was officially renamed Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1987.

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With the assassination of Park on 26 October 1979, the Republic entered a period of tumult and transition under the short-lived nominal presidency of Choi Kyu-hah, controlled under severe escalating martial law and witnessing the coup d ' état of December Twelfth, the violent unfolding of the Gwangju Democratization Movement and its armed suppression, the coup d ' état of May Seventeenth and presidency of Chun Doo-hwan, and finally the transition to the Fifth Republic under Chun in 1981.

As growing social unrest came to a head in the Gwangju Democratization Movement, Chun tightened martial law and suppressed protests with troops, carrying out a further self-coup over the course of year.

Chun assumed the presidency by the event of May 17, triggering nationwide protests demanding democracy, in particular in the city of Gwangju, where Chun sent special forces to violently suppress the Gwangju Democratization Movement.

While Sun-im is trying to visit him, his company is taken to quell the Gwangju Democratization Movement.

Such has nourished a culture of opposition attested, for example, in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, the Gwangju Students Movement, the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, or the region's resistance to the Japanese invasions of Korea ( 1592 – 1598 ).

Yonhi Student Council and many faculty members belonging to the clandestine New Stem Association ( 신간회 新幹會 ) gave full support to the Gwangju Student Independence Movement ( 광주학생독립운동 ); in the aftermath, students were apprehended, and Shin Gan Society was exposed.

* Gwangju Students Anti-Japanese Movement

Gwangju Airport ( Hangul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, Revised Romanization of Korean: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang ) is an airport in the city of Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation.

* Gwangju ( 광주 ; 廣州 )

However, as Gwangju Uprising editors Scott-Stokes and Lee note, whether the expulsion of government troops left the situation lawless or " amok " is very much open to dispute.

While this official renaming occurred in 1987, it can also be found translated into English as Gwangju People's Uprising and Kwangju Rebellion.

* Neoliberalism and the Gwangju Uprising ( by George Katsiaficas ) Article exploring economic contexts of, and players in, the Chun takeover

Today, the term refers to Gwangju, South Jeolla and North Jeolla Provinces.

Adhering to popular demand, former presidents Chun and Roh were both indicted on charges linked to bribery, illegal funds, and in the case of Chun, responsibility for the incident in Gwangju.

However in 1980, Kim was arrested and sentenced to death on charges of sedition and conspiracy in the wake of another coup by Chun Doo-hwan and a popular uprising in Gwangju, his political stronghold.

* Among the most popular specialities, Damyang ddeok galbi ( tteokgalbi ): this tasty and juicy marinated beef and pork mix, usually grilled at the table, is supposed to have originated either in Damyang or in Gwangju.

Finally, in May 1980 the city of Gwangju in South Jeolla province exploded in a popular uprising against the new military strongman, General Chun Doo Hwan, who responded with a bloodbath that killed hundreds of Gwangju's citizens.

The United States ' alleged role in the May 1980 Gwangju uprising was the single most pressing South Korean political issue of the 1980s.

Even after a decade, Gwangju citizens and other Koreans still blamed the United States for its perceived involvement in the bloody uprising.

Beginning in 2000, the May 18 Memorial Foundation has offered an annual Gwangju Prize for Human Rights to a notable human rights defender in memory of the uprising.

* 1980 – The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.

On May 18, 1980, a confrontation broke out in the city of Gwangju between protesting students of Chonnam National University and the armed forces dispatched by the Martial Law Command.

The remaining six independent cities are called gwangyeok-si ( 광역시 ; literally, large city ) whose names are: Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Incheon, Gwangju, and Ulsan.

* The former Silla general Gyeonhwon attacks the city of Gwangju and declares himself king.

* The city of Gwangju ( the sixth largest city in South Korea ) is founded.

A presidential library at Yonsei University was built to preserve Kim's legacy, and there is a convention center named after him in the city of Gwangju, the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center.

Nearly every larger city in Germany is a consolidated city – county, like Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich or Dresden ; Austria, where the capital of Vienna is both a city and state ; France, where the capital city of Paris has been coterminous with the département of Paris since 1968 ; and South Korea, where Seoul is a special city, while six other cities ( Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon, and Ulsan ) are metropolitan cities.

Gwangju ( officially known as Gwangju Metropolitan City ; ) is the sixth largest city in South Korea.

The largest city in the region is Gwangju.

There are numerous buses that depart to Suncheon, the closest city with theaters and large department stores ( approx 30 mins away ) and to Gwangju, the closest metropolitan city which is 1. 5 hours away.

Gwangju is the closest metropolitan city, which is approximately 1 hour by car.

Jangseong is southern region of Korean peninsula and Gwangju and Naju is the nearest city from Jangseong.

It lies on the border between southern Seoul and the city of Gwangju ( not to be confused with Gwangju Metropolitan City.