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Latest findings reveal U.S. responsibility in May 18 Democratic Uprising

미 언론인 518 민주화 운동에서 한국 정부 군 사용에 미국 책임 밝혀 Decades have passed since May 18 Democratic movement. Much of the details of the historic uprising by ordinary citizens remain hidden or distorted... when it involved brutal violence and suppression. Still today, efforts to reveal what happened on that fateful day in 1980 continues. For our News features tonight, Lee Unshin sheds light on the latest findings. Some 270 kilometers from the capital Seoul, in the nation's southwest, a city that's a symbol of the pro-democracy movement. Gwangju made global headlines in 1980 for the May 18th Democracy Movement,... a civilian demonstration against the newly installed military government of Chun Doo-hwan. But the peaceful demonstration was put down by some 20-thousand troops sent by the regime. Beaten, tortured and gunned down by their own military, more than 150 civilians died and 3,000 were wounded. 37 years later, sites commemorating the victims are found throughout Gwangju, including a national cemetery and a memorial center. But many who lived through that history... say the full truth of the crackdown has never been revealed. Fact-finding continues... by the city, its residents and people from outside the community -- most recently new revelations about the army's use of force against students. American journalist Tim Shorrock, who briefly lived in Korea as a child, has a lifetime's worth of records collected about the May 18th movement. He shared his latest discovery from official U.S. documents that had been kept "classified" for decades. "The U.S. military intelligence had extensive information about the Chun Doo-hwan group..,Despite all this information about what happened, the US decided on May 22 1980 to use military force to end the Gwangju uprising." The U.S. didn't "command" the use of force, but with South Korea's control of its military dependent on U.S. authority, it speaks volumes about the role of the U.S. in the inhumane treatment of local citizens. The U.S. had received innacurate information from Korea, including many false reports, for example, that students were holding provincial government officials hostage. "The U.S. officials had known the information they were receiving was distorted and yet the officials still sided with Chun. Why?" "They believed based on the perhaps on the distorted reports from Korean military and their own analysis from the CIA, that this rebellion could spread nationwide, and maybe bring down the S. Korean government. In this context, there was the Iran crises where students had seized the embassy in Iran, this was a huge crisis for the Carter administration. They did not want to have another national security crisis in Korea. They decided that the Korean military was the only force here that could preserve stability." Shorrock is working closely with the 5.18 Archive, which contains articles, journals, photos, and tapes of the period collected by the city. Many of these, recognized as UNESCO world heritage. "This document from June 2 is evidence that media censorship altered the content after the movement." Visit ‘Arirang News’ Official Pages Facebook(NEWS):   / newsarirang   Homepage: http://www.arirang.com Facebook:   / arirangtv   Twitter:   / arirangworld   Instagram:   / arirangworld