5.18 민주화운동 - 80518 | [186] May 30, 1994, Monday - METRO Edition - The Courier-Journal

Document 185 Copyright 1994 The Courier-Journal The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) May 30, 1994, Monday - METRO Edition SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6A LENGTH: 160 words HEADLINE: KOREAN STUDENTS RALLY AGAINST U.S. DATELINE: KWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA BODY: About 50,000 students staged an angry anti- government, anti-U.S. march yesterday, demanding punishment of former leaders who suppressed a 1980 pro-democracy uprising. “Kill them!” the students screamed, referring to the country’s former presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo. Students seek prosecution of the two for their role in putting down the Kwangju uprising, which left at least 200 dead. The protesters blame the United States in part for the 1980 crackdown, saying Washington condoned it. The United States has denied that. Earlier yesterday students burned a huge American flag, setting it afire with a flaming arrow. Document 186 Copyright 1994 The Baltimore Sun Company The Baltimore Sun May 19, 1994, Thursday, CARROLL EDITION SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 22A, IN THE WORLD LENGTH: 136 words HEADLINE: 20,000 recall deaths in South Korean uprising SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS BODY: KWANGJU, South Korea -- About 20,000 people massed yesterday in Kwangju to commemorate the bloody crushing of a civilian revolt in 1980 that became a turning point in South Korea’s fight for democracy. Chanting anti-government and anti-U.S. slogans, they surged through the city, 160 miles southwest of Seoul, for a rally honoring the uprising against military rule and those who died in its bloody suppression by the army. Official figures put the death toll at 200, but citizens say it was much higher. President Kim Young Sam, the nation’s first civilian head of state in more than three decades, has tried to soothe the pent-up anger over the Kwangju massacre. Mr. Kim declared the victims national martyrs but rejected calls for a full-scale inquiry into the incident.