‘Memorizing’ the Scars of South Korea’s Gwangju Massacre Duke Kwon Chun Woo-won’s apology for his military dictator grandfather’s sins is Nehemiah in action.

She wrote a book about state violence, just as Kang did in 2014 with “Human Acts,” a novel about the 1980 Gwangju massacre of student protesters. Images of human atrocity still haunt Kyungha.

Memories of the Gwangju massacre are immortalized in a large museum by a cemetery in which most of those killed are buried and in another museum in the former governor’s building, where the protesters ...

On May 18, 2023, 27-year-old Chun Woo-won, pictured bowing, met with survivors to apologize for his grandfather's initiation of the Gwangju Massacre.

On May 18, 2023, 27-year-old Chun Woo-won, pictured bowing, met with survivors to apologize for his grandfather's initiation of the Gwangju Massacre.

The grandson of former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan apologised Friday for a massacre committed in the 1980s, a move hailed by victims and ...