Park Jong-chul
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Park Jong-chul was a South Korean democracy movement activist. His death by torture was a key factor in sparking the June Democratic Struggle, which led to the democratization of South Korea.
Park Jong Cheol Memorial Room in the National Police Headquarters' Anti-Communist Division, now the Namyeong-dong Human Rights Center
June Democratic Struggle
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The June Democratic Struggle, also known as the June Democracy Movement and the June Uprising, was a nationwide pro-democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to 29, 1
Park Jong-chul
…Korean: 박종철; April 1, 1965 – January 14, 1987) was a South Korean democracy movement activist. His death by torture was a key factor in sparking the June Democratic Struggle, which led to the democratization of South Korea. In the 1980s, as president of the student council in the linguistics department of Seoul National…
Crowds gather at the state funeral of Lee Han-yeol in Downtown Seoul, July 9, 1987.
Lee Han-yeol Memorial
Man voting in the constitutional referendum