The Kwangju Massacre of May 1980

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Students battle cops over 1980 massacre
By Stephen Millies, in Workers World, 12 October 1995. Massive student protests seek accountability for 1980 Kwangju massacre.
US in Korea - Why?
From J. Clancy, 11 May 1996. South Korea as US client. Kwangju massacre of 1980 as symbol of what is wrong with US relationship with South Korea.
S. Korea Honors Massacre Victims; Clashes Mar Ceremonies In Kwangju
MSNBC, 20 May 1997. Confronting its controversial past, South Korea for the first time honored as heroes of democracy the victims of a 1980 army massacre in the southwestern city of Kwangju.
Protests mark Kwangju anniversary
By Andy McInerney, Workers World, 29 May 1997. Troops surround demonstrating students and workers. The order comes: The Carter administration has given the OK. Hours later, after the tear gas clears, over 2,000 people are dead.
Korean Students Blame U.S. For 1980 Massacre Of 2000 Students
By Colin Donald, Sunday Herald (Scotland), 21 May 2000. Most Koreans and a growing number of foreigners know exactly what happened in Kwangju between May 18 and 27, 1980. The US’s failure to prevent the Kwangju Massacre of pro-democracy protesters and bystanders by Korean special forces. Among the country’s worst Cold War embarrassments.
Tribunal finds U.S. behind crime against Korean people
By Sharon Ayling, Kwangju, south Korea, Workers World, 30 May 2002. The Kwangju People’s Tribunal found the U.S. government guilty of crimes against the people of Korea in relation to U.S. involvement in the murderous suppression of a people’s uprising that protested the murderous assault on a student rally against martial law.