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I'm posting this photo because 35 years later, people in China and Hong Kong can't. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Gwangju was less of an uprising and more of a directed anti-communist slaughter. Calling it a massacre is more appropriate.

To this day, Gwangju is looked down upon by the rest of South Korea due to this massacre.