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Abstract

This dataset is a part of the documents collected by the May 18 Institute at Chonnam National University related to the democratic movement, centering upon the May 18 Gwangju Uprising, between 1960s and 2000. The documents were collected not only to promote scholarly research but also to contribute to the advancement of democracy and human rights in Korea. The Institute has collected a variety of qualitative data as public statements, pamphlets, meeting minutes, journal articles, monographs, photographs, and video files. Most documents came from the democratic movement activists and faculties affiliated with Chonnam National University as well as from the citizens of Gwangju.
This particular dataset consists of seven pieces of letters. Addressed to the President, the military, and the citizens of Seoul, the letters were almost written by the representatives of some of the democratic movement organizations and aimed at rather reporting the state of things during the May 18 Gwangju Uprising than personal issues .

Keywords

Gwangju Democratization Movement Gwangju Democratic Uprising May 18 Democratic Uprising May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement pro-democracy movement democratic movement

Subjects

Participation/ Civil society

Series

Records of the Gwangju Democratization Movement

Citation

Letters Related to the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Movement, 1980-1982 [Dataset]. 전남대학교 5.18 연구소 [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2008-02-18, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-B1-1980-0001-V1.0.

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