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Moon urges move toward more mature democracy in Korea on historic anniversary
Posted : 2021-04-19 11:43
Updated : 2021-04-19 13:56
At April 19th National Cemetery in Sooyu area in Seoul s Gangbuk District on Monday, President Moon Jae-in burns incense to pay tribute to the victims of April 19 Revolution in 1960. Yonhap
President Moon Jae-in called Monday for nonstop efforts to further develop South Korea s democracy, as the country commemorated its historic pro-democracy movement six decades ago.
He paid tribute to the victims of the April 19 Revolution in 1960, which was led by students protesting vote-rigging in presidential elections by then President Rhee Syngman, during his visit to a national cemetery in Seoul.
President Moon Jae-in has paid his respects at the April 19th National Cemetery, marking the 61st anniversary of the 1960 pro-democracy movement. Following this morning s visit, President Moon, via social media, called the April 19 revolution the root of South Korea s democracy adding the country must strive toward becoming a more mature democracy.
On April 19th, 1960, thousands of demonstrators, mostly students, took to the streets,… to oppose the government of then-president Rhee Syngman, which had rigged an election the month before.
Authorities killed more than 180 civilians and injured thousands more.
This led to the toppling of that government, which had ruled for 12 years.
Lessons of coup By Donald Kirk.
The renaissance of undisguised military rule in Myanmar should provide inspiration for Donald Trump. The generals who jailed democracy crusader Aung San Suu Kyi and her cohorts are raising the same claims about Myanmar s parliamentary elections in November that Trump has been charging in U.S. elections held around the same time. Having won only 33 of 476 seats for their candidates against 396 for Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy, they say the voting was rigged, the count was fraudulent and they want to look at the voting rolls.
The big difference between Trump and the generals in Myanmar is that they are able to exert their authority without having to worry about a legal system rejecting their ridiculous claims. Nor do they risk impeachment by a legislative body in which their opponents are capable of mustering enough votes to embarrass them severely if not throw out their leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the army and,
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