The Gwangju Uprising - Paperbackby Chong Un Ch'oe (Author), Choi Jung Woon (Author), Jung Woon Choi (Author) The book explores the implications of the democratic movement that took place in Gwangju, a southwestern city of Korea, in May 1980 when military paratroopers brutally crushed a group of protesters who demonstrated against General Chun Doo hwan, who was about to become the country's president. Because of the event now known as the Gwangju Uprising, 191 people perished and 852