It is 40 years since Choi Jung-ja saw her husband, who has been missing since South Korea’s military dictatorship killed hundreds of people when they crushed the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising, a scar ...

President Lee Jae Myung, marking the 46th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising in 1980 Democratization Movement on the 18th, said, “I will do my utmost to ensure that the spirit of the ...

Courtright is an ocular epidemiologist and lives in Rancho Bernardo. For most Americans, May 18, 1980, is logged as the day of the largest volcanic eruption in the U.S. in our lifetime: Mount St.

He worked tirelessly with Principal Lee Kyu-yeon, driven by the belief that “forgiveness and reconciliation are the only ways ...

2017 PDF edition of the seminal Gwangju Diary, written by Lee Jae-eui, and originally published in 1985, with an eyewitness day-to-day account of the Gwangju uprising of 1980. Submitted by Working ...

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in honoured victims of the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising on Monday, speaking at the spot where protesters were killed 40 years ago. Demonstrators protesting against ...

Chun Woo-won’s apology for his military dictator grandfather’s sins is Nehemiah in action. Midway through global K-pop sensation BTS’s 2015 track “Ma City,” J-Hope raps a lyric that’s both a personal ...

Starbucks is facing major backlash in South Korea after a marketing campaign tied to one of the country's most painful political anniversaries led to the firing of the CEO of Starbucks Korea and ...

Starbucks Korea used AI to write a tone-deaf ad, then closed every store for history training. The same AI, asked to evaluate, flagged the danger in one prompt.

The Gwangju Biennale art prize named after Dansaekhwa master Park Seo-Bo has been cancelled after handing out its first award just a month ago. The move comes amid protests that the artist had little ...

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in honoured the victims of the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising on Monday, speaking at the spot where protestors were killed 40 years ago. Official bodies point to ...