workingclasshistory: On this day, 25 April 1960, 300 university professors took to the streets in Se

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 25 April 1960, 300 university professors took to the streets in Seoul, South Korea against the dictatorship which had massacred 130 students a few days previously. Martial Law Command under General Song Yo Chan refused to follow orders to open fire on demonstrators. This was the peak of the April revolution which would conclude the following day.
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