Kwangju
Americannoun
noun
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Disturbances also broke out in Kwangju, but the most touching confrontation there involved not protesters but Lee's mourners.
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Strong as the memory of Kwangju remains in South Korean political life, however, the immediate cause of this year's extraordinary turmoil was a much more recent event.
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In less than two hours the soldiers had secured Kwangju.
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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 reconnaissance flyover was the first signal that South Korea's military was preparing to break the rebel seizure of Kwangju.
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