Gwangju Democratization Movement May 1980 - FISU History - 35th CAMPUS Sport TV Show - FISU 2015

The Gwangju Democratization Movement, alternatively called May 18 Democratic Uprising by UNESCO,[4] (Hangul: 광주 민주화 운동; hanja: 光州民主化運動; RR: Gwangju Minjuhwa Undong), refers to a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea from May 18 to 27, 1980. Estimates suggest up to 606 people may have died. During this period, Gwangju citizens took up arms (by robbing local armories and police stations) when local Jeonnam University students - who were demonstrating against the Chun Doo-hwan government - were