阳光2011asn201放映光州化运动korea.pptx

Week6

SouthKorea:Sunny(2011)

ASN201

ScreeningAsia

GwangjuDemocratisationMovement

(???????18-27May1980)ApopularuprisinginthecityofGwangju,SouthKorea.CitizensrebelledagainstthemilitarydictatorshipofChunDoo-Hwanandtookcontrolofthecity.Theyarmedthemselvesbyrobbingpolicestationsandmilitarydepots,butwereultimatelycrushedbytheSouthKoreanarmy.DuringChunDoo-Hwan’spresidency,theincidentwasrepresentedasarebellioninspiredbyCommunistsympathisers.By2002,anationalcemeteryanddayofcommemoration(May18),alongwithactstocompensa