Bestial atrocities of military fascist clique in South Korea. (Pyongyang :
Foreign Language, 1980)
This Communist propaganda pamphlet was published by the North Koreans to
capitalise on the brutal suppression of a student uprising at Kwangju in South
Korea in May 1980.
On 26th October 1979 General Park Chung Hee, the ruler of South
Korea had been assassinated by the Director of his secret service. Choi Kyu Hah
became Prime Minister but the country was run by General Chun Doo Hwan. The
students and dissidents were demonstrating for full restoration of democracy; an
end to what was essentially a military dictatorship. The Junta however put down
the dissent, killing hundreds of students. They extended martial law, banned all
political activity and closed universities.
