South Korea Faces Fallout From Martial Law Chaos: A Legacy of Trauma and Division
Introduction The chilling image of a lone student confronting a tank in Gwangju during the May Eighteenth Democratic Uprising serves as a stark reminder of South Korea’s tumultuous past under martial law. These periods, ostensibly enacted to maintain stability and combat communist threats, are now viewed as eras of severe human rights abuses, political repression, … Read more
