SEOUL, May 18 — South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in honoured victims of the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising on Monday, speaking at the spot where protesters were killed 40 years ago. Demonstrators protesting against military dictator Chun Doo-hwan confronted his martial law troops on May 18,...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising at May 18 Democracy Square in Gwangju on May 18, 2020. — Reuters pic
Demonstrators protesting against military dictator Chun Doo-hwan confronted his martial law troops on May 18, 1980. Those who died, Moon said, “believed that the survivors would manage to open up a better world. They were convinced that the defeat of that day would become the victory of tomorrow”. Chun, who was convicted in 1996 of treason over Gwangju and condemned to death but released following a presidential pardon, remains hugely divisive and still denies any direct involvement in the suppression of the movement.
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