S. Korea marks anniv. of 1980 pro-democracy uprising

President Lee Jae Myung (rear) addresses an annual ceremony at a plaza in front of the former building of the South Jeolla provincial government in the southwestern city of Gwangju on May 18, 2026, to mark the 46th anniversary of a 1980 pro-democracy uprising. Hundreds of people were killed in the city during their protests against the military junta of Chun Doo-hwan in May 1980. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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