May 18th National Cemetery

May 18th National Cemetery
May 18th National Cemetery
	Gate Cherishing the Memory of the Deceased
Details
Established	1997
Location	Gwangju
Country	Korea
Coordinates	35°14′5″N 126°56′16″E / 35.23472°N 126.93778°E
Type	National Cemetery
Size	166,201 square metres (1,788,970 sq ft)
No. of interments	Over 700
Website	518.mpva.go.kr

May 18th National Cemetery (Korean: 국립5·18민주묘지; Hanja: 國立5·18民主墓地) is a cemetery for those who participated in the Gwangju Uprising.^[1]^[2] Built by the government of South Korea in 1997, it is located in Gwangju. Every May, on the anniversary of the uprising, it is common for citizens to visit the cemetery to honor the dead.^[3]

^ "At a Glance of Cemetery". May 18th National Cemetery. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ Yea, Sallie (August 2002). "Rewriting Rebellion and Mapping Memory in South Korea: The (Re)presentation of the 1980 Kwangju Uprising through Mangwol-dong Cemetery". Urban Studies. 39 (9): 1551–1572. doi:10.1080/00420980220151655. ISSN 0042-0980. S2CID 153346105.
^ Georgy Katsiaficas (20 June 2013). South Korean Democracy: Legacy of the Gwangju Uprising. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-136-75923-9.

[1] "At a Glance of Cemetery". May 18th National Cemetery. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

[2] Yea, Sallie (August 2002). "Rewriting Rebellion and Mapping Memory in South Korea: The (Re)presentation of the 1980 Kwangju Uprising through Mangwol-dong Cemetery". Urban Studies. 39 (9): 1551–1572. doi:10.1080/00420980220151655. ISSN 0042-0980. S2CID 153346105.

[Katsiaficas2013-3] Georgy Katsiaficas (20 June 2013). South Korean Democracy: Legacy of the Gwangju Uprising. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-136-75923-9.

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