For three months every two years South Korea’s city of dissent, of hostility to the central government, of resentment of bureaucrats and politicians in Seoul, bursts into bloom as an Eden of the arts.

By Boram Jang, East Asia Researcher at Amnesty International Like every schoolchild in South Korea, I was taught about the ...

While the people of Gwangju and South Korea were commemorating the 38th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising, human rights activists and the activists of democratic movements in different countries of ...

“At this rate, they’re going to kill all my troops. Even if it results in some casualties, let’s drive them back with suppressing fire.” A written recollection of May 18 by Major Choi of the 11th ...

Like every schoolchild in South Korea, I was taught about the days in May 1980 when our country’s soldiers killed civilians in the Gwangju Democratic Uprising. At least 166 protesters — mostly ...

When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...