Overview

The Kwangju Uprising that occurred in May 1980 is burned into the minds of South Koreans in much the same way that Tiananmen is burned into the minds of contemporary Chinese. As the world watched in horror following the assassination of President Park Chung Hee, student protesters were brutally suppressed by the military and police led by strongman Chun Doo Hwan. Kim Dae Jung, the current president of South Korea, was imprisoned and sentenced to death during this period. This book recreates those earth-shaking events through eyewitness reports of leading Western correspondents on the scene as well as Korean participants and observers. Photographs, detailed street maps, and dramatic woodblock prints further illuminate the day-to-day drama to keep this atrocity alive in the conscience of the world.

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Author:   Henry Scott Stokes ,  Lily Xiao Hong Lee (University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780765606365

ISBN 10:   0765606364
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   31 May 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part one Two Korean Voices; Chapter One Days and Nights on the Street, Kim Chung Keun; Chapter Two Operation “Fascinating Vacations”, Lee Jai Eui; Part two The Foreign Press; Chapter Three Remembering Kwangju, Terry Anderson; Chapter Four A Nightmare in Broad Daylight, Gebhard Hielscher; Chapter Five I Bow My Head, Jurqen Hinzpeter; Chapter Six Reflections on Kwangju, Sam Jameson; Chapter Seven Yun Sang Won: The Knowledge in Those Eyes, Bradley Martin; Chapter Eight A Scream for Freedom, Henry Scott-Stokes, Shim Jae Hoon, Phillippe Pons; Chapter Nine “Let's Live and Meet Again”, Norman Thorpe; Part three The Korean Press; Chapter Ten An Editor's Woes, Kim Dae Jung; Chapter Eleven How the Provincial Hall Was Taken, Cho Sung Ho; Chapter Twelve Bang! Bang! Bang!, Suh Chung Won; Chapter Thirteen “Maybe I Was Too Young..”, Chang Jae Yol; Chapter Fourteen A Photographer's Credo, Hwang Jong Gon; Chapter Fifteen “Not One Line..”, Ryu Jong Hwan; Chapter Sixteen Kwangju, That Changed My Destiny, Oh Hyo Jin; Chapter Seventeen Kwangju Is Not over Yet, Kim Yang Woo;

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