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about Gwangju Metropolitan City

Gwangju Metropolitan City is the fifth largest city in South Korea. Gwangju is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the South Korean Home Minister, and also the capital of South Jeolla Province.

Gwangju Metropolitan City history

The city was established a long time ago (c. 57 BC) and has been a centre of trade ever since. It was one of the administrative centres of Baekje during the Three-Kingdom Period.

With the construction of a railway to Seoul in 1914 modern industry was established. This includes cotton textiles, rice mills and breweries. Construction of a designated industrial zone in 1967 ensued marked growth in industry, especially in the sectors linked to the automobile industry.

In May 1980 civil demonstrations took place in Gwangju against the newly installed military government of Chun Doo-hwan. The demonstrations were suppressed by military forces, including elite units of the Special Operations Command. Most commentators agree that the suppression was characterized by its egregious brutality, including several incidents where military forces fired automatic weapons into crowds of unarmed demonstrators. At least 200 civilians are known to have been killed. Some commentators assert United States is partly responsible for the mass killing in the city, because of its tacit endorsement of the Chun Doo-hwan regime and the authorization of troop mobilization. Gwangju is sometimes called the shrine of the Korean democracy because of this incident.

After the civil rule was reinstated, a national cemetery was established honoring the victims of the incident.

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