Controversial Gwangju: Why May 18 Stands Out among Korea’s Democratization Movement Anniversaries
Distorted historical narratives prevent South Korea from fully coming to terms with the 1980 Gwangju Democracy Movement and inhibit democratic growth.
Distorted historical narratives prevent South Korea from fully coming to terms with the 1980 Gwangju Democracy Movement and inhibit democratic growth.
By paying little attention to South Korea’s domestic politics, foreign policy circles in Washington carry a distorted understanding of Korea’s progressives.
Does society affect the quality of the movies its directors make? Do democracies in fact make better art? Korea provides an outlook on this question.