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democracy movement

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Paichai baseball team to visit Gwangju Jeil to apologize on Monday

Players from the Seoul school will travel to the southwestern city to express their apologies over chants deemed derogatory toward the democratization movement.

2026.7.3

Starbucks Korea to suspend operations nationwide for staff training over 'Tank Day' controversy

The chain will close all 2,160-plus locations at 3 p.m. Monday for staff training after a marketing campaign that triggered boycotts and the CEO’s dismissal.

2026.6.22

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Chun Woo-won, grandson of the late military dictator and former President Chun Doo Hwan, wipes a gravestone belonging to a victim of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising with his coat on Friday at the May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju. [YONHAP]

Former President Chun Doo Hwan's grandson calls him 'sinner'

Chun Woo-won, grandson of the late military dictator and former President Chun Doo Hwan, apologized to the victims of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising on Friday, saying that his grandfather was a “sinner.”

2023.3.31

Self-awarding must stop (KOR)

The Democratic Party (DP), a supermajority in the National Assembly, is again attempting to motion a bill to honor and reward activists of former democracy movements.

2022.7.22

Self-awarding must stop

The Democratic Party (DP), a supermajority in the National Assembly, is again attempting to motion a bill to honor and reward activists of former democracy movements.

2022.7.21

Unfair and hypocritical

“Blood and tears from a multitude of people were behind (South Korea’s) democracy movement. My wife and I are embarrassed to still be living and cannot be fit to share national merit,” wrote former lawmaker Kim Young-hwan.A...

2021.4.6

Undemocratic admissions

Since President Moon Jae-in took office on May 2017, 18 high school students got into the elite Yonsei University through a special admission quota for the children of democracy movement activists. Some even got accepted into the...

2020.10.8

Tag: democracy movement

democracy movement

Latest News

Paichai baseball team to visit Gwangju Jeil to apologize on Monday

Starbucks Korea to suspend operations nationwide for staff training over 'Tank Day' controversy

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Veteran actors Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Seung-ryong win Baeksang Grand Prizes — as it happened

BTS comeback: Bright lights and drone shows light up the sky as 'Arirang' finally arrives — as it happened

Rooney, Maicon, Park Joo-ho score as Shield United wins Icons Match in Seoul — as it happened

179 dead after Jeju Air flight 7C2216 crashes at Muan International Airport — as it happened

Kim Soo-hyun addresses Kim Sae-ron relationship — as it happened

Former President Chun Doo Hwan's grandson calls him 'sinner'

Self-awarding must stop (KOR)

Self-awarding must stop

Unfair and hypocritical

Undemocratic admissions