South Korea: Cartoons Commemorating the Gwangju Massacre on May 18 · Global Voices
Lee Yoo Eun

May 18 is the day a mass democratization movement took place in Gwangju city, South Korea. The military regime ruthlessly clamped down the movement and over a hundred innocent civilians were killed. The nation's famous cartoonist, Kang Pull drew  cartoons commemorating this tragic history in order to enlighten youth with poor understanding of recent history.