The May 18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju Republic of Korea

In 2018, Tony Robinson and his students arrived at study visit to the May 18 Memorial Foundation. The May 18 Memorial Foundation Secretary-General Mr Lee Gi-bong provides detailed historical and background information about the May 18 Democratic Gwangju Uprising, 1980.  The Students were extremely interested in the Social Movements that change the country’s political and Governance system like the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. The Students also asked various questions about the roots of the Uprising, the spirit of the Uprising and its impact on modern democracy.  Moreover, students also asked questions about activities of the Foundation such as education, culture, exchange, and distortion of the history of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising and the May 18 Foundation, movies, taxi drivers, and democracy in Korea. Professor Tony Robinson and Professor Jim Min-sun were interested in the international photo exhibition of the May 18 Democratization...

The May 18 Spirit: Defending and Sharing the May 18 Spirit with Art The paintings are the art of life. That is an artistic way to express his/her feelings, anger and sharing the spirit to their viewers about any particular events. It is worthy to see that Korean artists are using their Art to transferring and sharing the May 18 Spirit to their future generation of the Gwangju and Korea. Recently, the May 18 Memorial Foundation has organized art gallery that consists of drawings, sketches and cartoons movies, testimonies for children in the 518 Art Gallery, at Gwangju, Republic of Korea. The artist shows her art through various sketches about the struggle of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980. The sketches are simple, abhorrence, cartoons, drawings, and pictures for the children. The massage of these sketches are very simple for children, so they could understand by the children about the spirit of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. The mes...

       The Truth of May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising is Hunting the Tyranny The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is said, Winston Churchill. Now the May 18 Democratic truth is incontrovertible and it is appearing every day and constantly defeating their adversaries.  39 years have passed since May 18, 1980, Gwangju Democratic Uprising but each year and months many witnesses from Korea and people from all over the world have come forward to record their testimonies about the truth of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. Gwangju: People peacefully gathered in the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising 1980 These peoples are trustworthy who are coming forward from foreign investigation journalists, religious missionaries and peace crop officials who were there to do their duties and they were shocked by the brutality of the military regime of General Chun. These peoples ar...

Good By Eugene Soh: A Great Soul and Activist Who Stand for Democracy and Human Rights Late Mr. Eugene Soh Some beautiful souls dedicate themselves for the greater good and just for the wellbeing of humanity in the world and such soul never forgotten in the world. Eugene Soh was such a humble soul among them and he was a great human being who dedicated his whole life to firmly standing against the tranny, martial law and military regimes in the Republic of Korea and all over the world; he passes away on 16 th May 2019. Eugene Soh was a Korean-born American Citizen. He moved for higher education from Korea to America in 1970. When the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Movement flaming, Eugene was a student in the US. But, when he heard stories of the Korean military regime brutalism and dreadfulness to suppress democracy movements, he turned himself as part of the resistance and full-time protestor against the military regime in Korea. He was also a narrative and activist who comm...

39th Anniversary of Gwangju Uprising: The Commemoration the May 18 Democratization Movement of Gwangju Participants photos of the Gwangju Asia Forum 2019 a courtesy of the May 18 Memorial Foundation The Gwangju Democratic Uprising of May 1980 is known as a cornerstone of the democratic resistance in the Republic of Korea and it shows the actual path to modern democracy of Korea. The sacrifices of the martyrs of May 18 is now flourishing and spreading their grins of democratization, human rights and peacebuilding all around the world. The May 18 Memorial Foundation is serving the spirit of the May 18 vigorously and spreading its fruits through Gwangju Asia Forum and Gwangju Prize for Human Rights in South Korea and around the globe.   In 18 th May 2019, The May 18 Memorial Foundation organized the 39 th anniversary of the May 18 Democratic uprising of Gwangju in the Republic of Korea. The anniversary held into two main events the Gwangju Asia Forum and Gwangju Prize...