Kwangju
Americannoun
noun
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The Kwangju affair has been a focal point this spring as a new wave of dissent has grown in Korea.
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The Easter Sunday congregation at Kwangju was perhaps the largest demonstration in South Korea since Chun Doo Hwan assumed the presidency six years ago.
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Following the recapture of Kwangju, government leaders called for national unity and "a healing of the tragic scars."
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The government made a show of ordering generous relief payments to residents of Kwangju, including compensation to people whose homes or businesses were damaged in the fighting.
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On his way to Kwangju, the country's leading oppositionist, Kim Dae Jung, was stopped by more than 200 policemen and forced to return home.
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