Gwangju Uprising — Day 5 (Liberated Gwangju)

May 22, 1980 (Wednesday, clear)

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  • 9:00: Citizens converge on Provincial Hall Square and Geumnam-no.
  • 10:30: Military helicopters circle around dropping leaflets “To the rioters.”
  • 11:25: Red Cross Hospital blood donor vans and demonstrator jeeps go around asking for blood donations.
  • 12:00: Korean flag on the roof of Provincial Hall lowered to half mast along with black ribbons.
  • 13:30: Eight representatives from the Citizen Settlement Committee visit Martial Law Command outpost and convey a seven-article plan.
  • 15:08: About 500 university students from Seoul arrive in Gwangju. Welcoming ceremony held.
  • 15:58: Citizens convene mass meeting at Provincial Hall Square while 18 bodies lay in state.
  • 17:18: Citizen Settlement Committee reports results from visit to Martial Law Command.
  • 17:40: 23 more bodies arrive at Provincial Hall Square.
  • 21:30: Prime Minister Park Chung-gun broadcasts that a “state of lawlessness” exists in Gwangju.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on May 22, 2005 at 5:07 pm, filed under Korean History. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

6 Comments

  1. Mark your flag
    Posted May 22, 2005 at 8:05 pm | Permalink

    The Taeguk tied upside-down to the Jeep represents the obliviousness of student protesters in Korea.

  2. libertine your flag
    Posted May 23, 2005 at 4:51 pm | Permalink

    Still no mention here of SNU’s most recent breakthrough in embryotic stem cell research? Wuzzup wit dat sheeit?

    Time Magazine’s Inside the cloning lab is a good intro. Ars Technia tells us that Hwang’s technique does not use newly created human life. With the US embroiled (as usual) in a moral debate, the White House drags its heels. Meanwhile it looks like the Blue House is ready to give full support to local researchers.

    Highly recommend Wikipedia for a stem cell primer. The International Society for Stem Cell Research has an excellent science-heavy look at the specifics of Hwang’s most recent breakthrough.

  3. libertine your flag
    Posted May 23, 2005 at 5:16 pm | Permalink

    Looks like my link to the Time piece was mucked up. Should be as follows

    http://www.time.com/time/magaz.....20,00.html

  4. baduk your flag
    Posted May 24, 2005 at 12:15 am | Permalink

    Here is my two-cents worth on Dr.Hwang and Korean flag waving.

    http://koreanamerican431.blogspot.com/

  5. Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) your flag
    Posted May 24, 2005 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

    Baduk, you have a blog!

  6. WILLisms.com your flag
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