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May 18, 1980
Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
Gwangju Uprising
The Gwangju Democratization Movement, also known in South Korea as May 18 Democratization Movement, was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup of Chun Doo-hwan. The uprising was violently suppressed by the South Korean military.