Witnessing Gwangju
A moving and distressing first-hand account of the terrible massacre that occurred over several days in May 1980 that was to signal the birth of democracy in South Korea and the end of successive military-backed authoritarian governments. After returning to Korea in 2019 for the first time since the 1980 Uprising, the author was shocked to discover that many people he talked to were not aware of the truth of these horrendous events. Some thought it was a Communist insurrection fomented by North Korea; to others it was a student riot; others doubted it ever happened Paul Courtright was there. He saw what happened. He felt duty-bound to reveal the truth. This book is his account.
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Map
South Korea
Gwangju and jeonnam Province
Prologue
Day 1(Wednesday, May 14)
Demonstration curiosity for the uninitiated
Day 2(Thursday, May 15)
Demos are neither won nor lost
Day 3(Friday, May 16)
Good to be heading home
Day 4(Saturday, May 17)
Getting back to normal
Day 5(Sunday, May 18)
Disturbing rumors streak across the sky
Day 6(Monday, May 19)
Something awful happened here
Day 7(Tuesday, May 20)
Getting marching orders and the last bus home
Day 8(Wednesday, May 21)
You can push people only so far
Day 9(Thursday, May 22)
The mundane and the crazy can easily coexist in the middle of an uprising
Day 10(Friday, May 23)
We are all "impure elements"
Day 11(Saturday, May 24)
Translating in a mortuary
Day 12(Sunday, May 25)
Is there peace to be found heading over the mountain?
Day 13(Monday, May 26)
Losing my temper and heading to Seoul
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Annex
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He has published over 250 scientific articles and has received awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Premio Vision Mundi de Lucha Contra la Cuguera, and the Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award. He is a professor (adjunct) at the University of Cape Town and currently he is the Trachoma Technical Lead, consulting for Sightsavers, a UK based non-governmental organization. He is married with two sons and currently lives in San Diego.
Since 1981 he had continued his relationship with Korea conducting research there with Korean colleagues and a summer epidemiology course at Yonsei University with his wife. His work in Africa has been recognized by the Queen and got invited to England.
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