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The Gwangju massacre

The South Korean army crushed a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju on 27 May 1980. Demonstrators had taken control of the city and were demanding an end to military rule.

The South Korean army crushed a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju on 27 May 1980. Pro-democracy demonstrators had taken control of the city and were calling for an end to military rule. Hundreds of people, many of them students, were shot and beaten to death. Mike Lanchin spoke to Kim Jong and Linda Lewis who were living in Gwangju at the time.

This programme is a rebroadcast.

Photo: soldiers beating men in Gwangju in May 1980. Credit: 5.18 Memorial Foundation/AFP via Getty Images

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