The Kwangju Uprising: A Miracle of Asian

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.

Works of Art, Photos, and Maps

xi

Foreword

xiii

President Kim Dae Jung

Introduction and Acknowledgments

xvii

Henry Scott-Stokes

Lee Jai Eui

Maps

Korea

xxi

The clashpoints between Chonnam National University students and martial army forces on Sunday, May 15, 1980

xxii

The sites of clashes between demonstrators and martial army forces on May 19, 1980

xxiii

The situation on the night of May 20, 1980

xxiv

The site of the last battle before the withdrawal of the army, May 21, 1980

xxv

The spread of demonstrations, May 21, 1980

xxvi

The recapture of Kwangju by martial army forces, early morning of May 27, 1980

xxvii

Part One: Two Korean Voices

Days and Nights on the Street

3

(16)

Kim Chung Keun

Operation ``Fascinating Vacations''

19

(24)

Lee Jai Eui

Part Two: The Foreign Press

Remembering Kwangju

43

(10)

Terry Anderson

A Nightmare in Broad Daylight

53

(10)

Gebhard Hielscher

I Bow My Head

63

(14)

Jurgen Hinzpeter

Reflections on Kwangju

77

(10)

Sam Jameson

Yun Sang Won: The Knowledge in Those Eyes

87

(20)

Bradley Martin

A Scream for Freedom

107

(10)

Henry Scott-Stokes

Shim Jae Hoon

Phillippe Pons

``Let's Live and Meet Again''

117

(16)

Norman Thorpe

Part Three: The Korean Press

An Editor's Woes

133

(10)

Kim Dae Jung

How the Provincial Hall Was Taken

143

(10)

Cho Sung Ho

Bang! Bang! Bang!

153

(20)

Suh Chung Won

``Maybe I Was Too Young...''

173

(14)

Chang Jae Yol

A Photographer's Credo

187

(6)

Hwang Jong Gon

``Not One Line...''

193

(6)

Ryu Jong Hwan

Kwangju, That Changed My Destiny

199

(6)

Oh Hyo Jin

Kwangju Is Not Over Yet

205

(14)

Kim Yang Woo

Epilogue

219

(14)

Henry Scott-Stokes

Lee Jai Eui

Index

233

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