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Gwangju Uprising

1980 anti-government uprising in South Korea
Event social_movement Q174990
Gwangju Uprising
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
social movement, rebellion[3]
Country
South Korea[2]
Location
Gwangju[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 35.167°, 126.917°[9]
Archives at
Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library[5]
End time
May 27, 1980[8]
Has part(s)
sexual violence during Gwangju Uprising[6]
Native label
5·18 광주 민주화 운동, 광주 민중 항쟁, 광주 민중 봉기, 광주 사태, 광주 학살, 광주 소요 사태, 5·18 민주화 운동, 광주 항쟁, 5·18[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Number of deaths
+606[12]
Number of injured
+3139[13]
Number of missing
+76, +65[14][15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights
Participant
Chun Doo-hwan, Yun Sang-won[10][11]
Start time
May 18, 1980[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gwangju Uprising en May 18 Gwangju democratization movement en May 18 movement en Gwangju massacre ar انتفاضة غوانغجو cs Povstání v Kwangdžu de Gwangju-Aufstand el Εξέγερση της Gwangju es Masacre de Gwangju fa قیام گوانگجو fi Gwangjun verilöyly fr Soulèvement de Gwangju fr mouvement du 18 Mai fr massacre de Gwangju he התקוממות קוואנגג'ו hi ग्वांगजू विद्रोह hu gwangjui felkelés hu kvangdzsui felkelés id Pergerakan Demokratisasi Gwangju it Massacro di Gwangju
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85073546
GND ID
4586151-1
BBC Things ID
8609c3cb-4a3b-4046-a51b-43508334aa27
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
145390320
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0038496
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/Kwangju-Uprising
Freebase ID
/m/0338ky
Hankook Ilbo tag ID
cdec8d95-c8e1-4230-9dbd-8039b5fee5c9
Lex ID
Gwangju-oprøret
NL CR AUT ID
ph776237
Namuwiki ID
5.18 민주화운동
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007548470805171
Show all 16 identifiers +4
National Library of Korea ID
KSH2002019637
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
光州事件
Topic's main category
Category:Gwangju Uprising
Yale LUX ID
concept/57eb4ac8-738d-4333-a13f-2af46a8de88b

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🔗 Connections
← Main subject 4
May 18, 26 Years, A Petal, Human Acts
← Depicts 3
A Taxi Driver, May 18, Fork Lane
Instance of 2
rebellion, social movement
Participant 2
Chun Doo-hwan, Yun Sang-won
Country 1
South Korea
Location 1
Gwangju
Named after 1
Gwangju Prize for Human Rights
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Human rights
Topic's main category 1
Category:Gwangju Uprising
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Gwangju Uprising
← Field of work 1
May 18 Research Institute
← Participant in 1
Jürgen Hinzpeter
← Participated in conflict 1
Kim Moon-soo
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Summary

Gwangju Uprising is a social movement[1].

Body

Outcome and Impact

Things named for it include Gwangju Prize for Human Rights[24], an award[25], in South Korea[26], founded in 2000[27].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Gwangju Prize for Human Rights[24], an award[25], in South Korea[26], founded in 2000[27].

Related Entities

Chun Doo-hwan May 18 Research Institute South Korea

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  4. [5] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . news.naver.com. news.naver.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . khan.co.kr. khan.co.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . news.naver.com. news.naver.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  3. 20w ago · Chalmd · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Instance of → social movement, rebellion
    Country → South Korea
    Archives at → Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library
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