What the records say
- When
- 18 May 1980 – 27 May 1980
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Deaths
- 606
- Coordinates
- 35.17° N, 126.92° E
- Description
- 1980 anti-government uprising in South Korea
Gwangju Uprising
1980 anti-government protest in South Korea
The Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as the May 18 Democratization Movement, 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. Chun had previously taken power and become military dictator through the coup d'état of December Twelfth at the end of 1979.
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