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> For decades, conservatives have denied or dismissed the Gwangju Uprising, the atrocity in which the military dictator Chun Doo-hwan killed hundreds of pro-democracy protesters, and wounded or maimed thousands more. Because of Han’s Nobel win, more of the world will know that it not only happened, but also that it continues to matter.

https://yalereview.org/article/han-kang-nobel-prize
#HangKang #HumanActs #GwangjuUprising #GwangjuMassacre

Yung In Chae: "Why Han Kang's Nobel Matters"

How the novels of Nobel laureate Han Kang give voice to a generation of South Koreans.

The Yale Review

> The idea of the “#GwangjuCommune” is so popular that the city also gave an honorary citizenship to #GeorgeKatsiaficas, an American academic who has written two books about the impact of #Gwangju on #AsianSocialMovements... The Kwangju Democratization Movement went down as an inspiring moment for human freedom and dignity not only in Korea’s national history but also in the world’s.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kwangju-uprising-and-american-hypocrisy-one-reporters-quest-truth-and-justice-korea/
#TimShorrock #GwangjuUprising #GwangjuRebellion

The Gwangju Uprising and American Hypocrisy: One Reporter’s Quest for Truth and Justice in Korea

A personal story from a longtime Nation writer.

The Nation
Gwangju Diary: Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age – Lee Jae-eui https://libcom.org/history/gwangju-diary-beyond-death-beyond-darkness-age-lee-jae-eui #Gwangjuuprising #LeeJae-eui #SouthKorea #PDFs
Gwangju Diary: Beyond Death, Beyond the Darkness of the Age – Lee Jae-eui

2017 PDF edition of the seminal Gwangju Diary, written by Lee Jae-eui, and originally published in 1985, with an eyewitness day-to-day account of the Gwangju uprising of 1980.