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South Korea Marks Gwangju Uprising Anniversary


South Korea Marks Gwangju Uprising Anniversary
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South Korea this week marked the 35th anniversary of a protest that turned deadly. The Gwangju Uprising is credited with starting the country’s democratic revolution after it was violently quelled by South Korea’s former military rulers. But as Jason Strother reports, some observers worry that democracy has recently been eroded.

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