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- Title
The Legacy of Baek Ki Wan: a South Korean Icon for Democracy and Reunification.
- Authors
NOH, K. J.
- Abstract
In the 70's he was arrested and tortured again for leading protests against the "Yushin Constitution", the constitutional self-coup by the military dictatorship that gave the US-propped dictator Park Chung Hee powers comparable to the Meiji Emperor. He penned the words to the protest song that became the anthem of the people's movement that took down the Military dictatorship in 1989. If a single poem can be considered to have helped bring down a dictatorship, Baek's poem is a prime candidate: In November 24th, 1979, a large wedding ceremony was held indoors at the YMCA in Seoul.
- Subjects
KOREAN language; ACTIVISTS; DEMOCRACY; DICTATORSHIP; TORTURE; KOREAN reunification question (1945- ); GENOCIDE; FAMILY reunification
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article