Editing May 18 uprising

[[File:Gwangju riot police.png|thumb|Riot troops attacking protestors in Gwangju]]
The '''May 18 uprising''' (also known as the the '''May 18 Democratic Uprising''' or the '''Gwangju Uprising''') was an uprising in Gwangju, [[Korea]]. The occupying [[Republic of Korea|U.S. government]] responded violently in what is now remembered as the Gwangju Massacre. There were 4,369 victims total: 154 killed, 74 missing, 4,141 wounded (including those who died from their wounds).<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=The May 18 Memorial Foundation|title=Timeline|url=http://eng.518.org/sub.php?PID=0201|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024133656/http://eng.518.org/sub.php?PID=0201|archive-date=2022-10-24|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref>

==Timeline== 

*[[File:Gwangju protest.png|thumb|Mass protest in Gwangju in May 1980]]On October 26, 1979, Kim Jae-gyu, the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, assassinated President [[Park Chung-hee]].
*On December 12, 1979, Republic of Korea Army Major General [[Chun Doo-hwan]] ordered the arrest of General Jeong Seung-hwa, on allegations of involvement in the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. This is known as the December 12 Coup. Chun Doo-hwan's military junta occupied the Chonnam Provincial Hall in Gwangju on the same day.
*On May 18, 1980, the Fifth Republic came into existence after Chun Doo-hwan orchestrated a second coup known as the May 18 Coup.<ref name=":0" />

The May 18 Uprising in Gwangju began as a result of this coup.<ref name=":0" /> By May 24, the protestors declared “Liberated Gwangju,” and continued to hold mass rallies daily.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=The May 18 Memorial Foundation|title=The Meaning of The May 18th Gwangju Democratic Uprising|url=http://eng.518.org/sub.php?PID=0202|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024133829/http://eng.518.org/sub.php?PID=0202|archive-date=2022-10-24|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:History of Korea]]