SEGMENT FOR PACIFICA HEADLINE NEWS: KWANG-JU 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPEAKING TOUR. SEGMENT RECORDED AT UN CHURCH CENTER SUNDAY MAY 15, 2005 52 SECONDS
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25 YEARS AGO, ON MAY 18, 1980, THE PEOPLE OF KWANG-JU IN SOUTH KOREA, ROSE UP AGAINST MILITARY DICTATOR CHUN DOO HWAN. THEY HELD THE CITY FOR FIVE DAYS BEFORE ELITE SOUTH KOREAN TROUPS UNDER U.S. COMMAND BRUTALLY VRUSHED THE UPRISING. MORE THAN 2,000 WERE KILLED AND THOUSANDS INJURED, TORTURED AND IMPRISONED.
MAY 18 IS NOW A SOUTH KOREAN HOLIDAY AND HAS SPARKED A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR RE-UNIFICATION WITH NORTH KOREA. THIS SUNDAY, A DELEGATION OF KWANG-JU CITIZENS SPOKE AT THE UNITED NATIONS CHURCH CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. MR. KIM HYO-SEOK [" KIM YO-SOOK"], PARTICIPATED IN THE UPRISING, BECAME A POLITICAL PRISONER AND IS NOW A CO-DIRECTOR OF THE KOREA TRUTH COMMISSION AND THE ANTI-WAR ALLIANCE. FRED NGUYEN, FROM WBAI, RECORDED HIS TRANSLATED STATEMENT:
[ SEGMENT , KIM HYO SEAK, 52 SEC. TRANSLATED BY YOOMI-JEONG ]
THE SPEAKING TOUR WILL VISIT 18 U.S AND CANADIAN CITIES AND CONCLUDE IN EARLY JUNE. INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT KOREATRUTH.ORG.
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