President Lee Jae Myung (R) talks with Park Young-soon, a former pro-democracy fighter, in the former building of the South ...

Starbucks Korea's chief executive has been sacked over a campaign perceived as referring to a bloody historical incident.

Tank Day” promotion for reusable cups drew outrage for evoking the military crackdown on the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy ...

‘Tank Day’ marketing campaign provoked backlash for eliciting bloody suppression of 1980 Gwangju uprising.

Sohn Jeong-hyun was fired following public anger over the campaign that was seen as mocking the anniversary of the Gwangju ...

The Gwangju Democratization Movement began on May 18, 1980. Tens of thousands of students and other citizens staged ...

Over the course of approximately 10 days, the people of Gwangju resisted. It’s estimated that some 200,000 people took part in some way, and civilian militias wrested control of the city from the ...

President Lee Jae Myung, marking the 46th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising in 1980 Democratization Movement on ...

Stacks of recently discovered photo film show military brutality against pro-democracy protesters in southwest South Korea 41 ...

Tank Day’ event causes outrage with ‘malicious mockery’ of deadly crackdown during dictatorship era ...