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Gwangju Uprising

1980 anti-government protest in South KoreaLead figuresChun Doo-hwanRoh Tae-wooJeong Ho-yong Lee Hee-seong Hwang Yeong-si Yoon Heung-jung Ahn Byung-ha Jang Hyung-tae / South Jeolla Province governanceLargely decentralized leadershipUnits involvedInitially:7th Airborne Brigade11th Airborne BrigadeMSC 505th Defense Security Unit Jeonnam Police BureauGwangju Blockade:3rd Airborne Brigade7th Airborne Brigade11th Airborne Brigade31st Infantry Division20th Mechanised Infantry DivisionCombat Arms Training CommandUnknown(various civilian militias) NumberCasualties and lossesUp to 600–2,300 killed; see casualties section.The Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as the May 18 Democratization Movement (Korean: 5·18 민주화 운동), was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup d'état of May Seventeenth by Chun Doo-hwan that strengthened his power.

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