SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in honoured the victims of the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising on Monday (May 18), speaking at the spot where protesters were killed 40 years ago.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in honoured the victims of the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising on Monday , speaking at the spot where protesters were killed 40 years ago.
Official bodies point to around 160 dead over the next 10 days - including some soldiers and police - and more than 70 missing, but activists say up to three times as many may have been killed. Some conservatives in the South continue to condemn the uprising as a communist-inspired rebellion, while the left-leaning Mr Moon - who participated in other anti-dictatorship protests - has reopened investigations into the military's actions, including an alleged helicopter shooting incident.
Mr Moon has regularly highlighted Gwangju, and on Monday, reiterated his call for it to be included in the country's Constitution.
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