Contemporary era · 1980
Gwangju Uprising
The Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as the May 18 Democratization Movement (Korean: 5·18 민주화 운동), was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup d'état of May Seventeenth by Chun Doo-hwan that strengthened his power.
- When
- 18 May 1980 – 27 May 1980
- Where
- Gwangju
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Before and after
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