Anniversary of pro-democracy protests
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok addresses a ceremony to mark the 46th anniversary of the Busan-Masan Democratic Protests in the southeastern coastal city of Changwon on Oct. 16, 2025. The student-led protests, which occurred in Changwon, then called Masan, and the nearby port of Busan from Oct. 16-20, 1979, led to the demise of the autocratic regime of Park Chung-hee. (Yonhap)
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