After democracy
finally came to South Korea in the late 1980s, Gen. Chun was put on
trial and jailed for treason for his role in the Kwangju massacre.
The protesters who died in the uprising were all declared martyrs for democracy, and the South Korean government has paid compensation to more than 4,000 who suffered injuries.
Kim Dae Jung, the dissident whose arrest touched off the uprising, was elected president in 1997 and won the Nobel Peace Prize a few years later for his efforts to end the divisions between North and South Korea."
The Wikipedia article: Syngman Rhee trashes him with documentation completely as guilty of the thousands of Korean lives taken before and after the American invasion.
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The Kwangju Massacre in South Korea, by Juan Gonzales, 2005
The protesters who died in the uprising were all declared martyrs for democracy, and the South Korean government has paid compensation to more than 4,000 who suffered injuries.
Kim Dae Jung, the dissident whose arrest touched off the uprising, was elected president in 1997 and won the Nobel Peace Prize a few years later for his efforts to end the divisions between North and South Korea."
The Wikipedia article: Syngman Rhee trashes him with documentation completely as guilty of the thousands of Korean lives taken before and after the American invasion.
[5]
The Kwangju Massacre in South Korea, by Juan Gonzales, 2005
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