Records on 2 Korean civil revolutions added to UNESCO register

Records on 2 Korean civil revolutions added to UNESCO register

Professors take to the streets during the April 19 Revolution, the historic student-led pro-democracy movement against the autocratic rule of then President Rhee Syng-man in 1960, in this undated photo released by the Cultural Heritage Administration on May 18, 2023. South Korea's archival records related to two of the nation's historic grassroots revolutions -- the April 19 Revolution and the Donghak Peasant Revolution, an armed rebellion led by peasants and followers of the Donghak religion in 1894-95 during the Joseon Dynasty -- were added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register the same day, the administration said. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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