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  >> Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times  Published: 19 Jul 2021 10:09 AM BdST Updated: 19 Jul 2021 10:09 AM BdST A memorial at the May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju, South Korea, where people killed in the city’s 1980 uprising against military dictatorship are buried, on July 9, 2021. The New York Times Jee Man-won stands with copies of some of his books at his office in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2021. Jee calls the Gwangju uprising a “riot” and says it was instigated by North Koreans. The New York Times In the history of South Korea’s fight for democracy, the 1980 uprising...

Soldiers Killed During Gwangju Uprising Recognized as Dead on Duty, Not War Dead Posted on This file photo, provided by lawmaker Park Jie-won on Nov. 26, 2020, shows martial law army soldiers quelling demonstrators during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju. SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Soldiers killed during operations to quell a pro-democracy uprising in 1980 have been relabeled as dead on duty from the previous designation of war dead, the defense ministry said Tuesday, amid efforts to set the record straight on the historic revolt. On May 18, 1980, the mil...