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4.19 Revolution faced imply the
andU.S.aid.Atthetime,thenational
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complexity in Korean modern
economy relied on only U.S. support
politics. Even after hardly bringing
for capital. Yet there was still a
downtheFirstRepublic,theKoreans
great admiration for President Rhee,
failed to continue the first real
much of the ire was directed at his
democratic government - the so-
vice president, Lee Ki-boong. Very
calledtheSecondRepublic-because
loyal to President Rhee, Lee¡¯s power
of the outbreak of the military coup
was retained by Rhee despite great
d¡¯etat by then General Park, lead on
unpopularity.Amonthbeforethe4.19
May 16, 1961. Unfortunately, the
Revolution, it was Lee¡¯s election in
long-lasting dictatorship blurred the
whichhereceivednearly100%ofthe
core values of the revolution and its
voteinthefatallyflawedprocessthat
short- termed liberal government.
exasperated the students and led to
¡ã Aboy¡¯sbodywithteargasshell plugged
However, regardless of its previous
theuprisings.
into his eye socket was pulled out of
turbulent status, the 4.19 Revolution
Students and intellectuals could not
the shore of Masan bay after violent
marked the first citizens¡¯ outcry -
endure the rigged election, another
demonstrationagainstfraudelection.
especiallyfromstudents-againstthe
violationoftherepresentativesystem
long years of dictatorship. Some
first republic, which came to an end
by the Liberty party. The student
governmentadministrationsaddedor
in a week. Even with its immature
demonstration in Daegu on Feb,
erased words in their favor to justify
plans, the demonstration showed
28 and in Pusan and Masan from
themselves in diminishing the call
the natural right of resistance that
March through April, escalated
fordemocracy.
fermented in the student revolution,
to ¡°Bloody Tuesday¡± on April 19.
The current Constitution was
and later appeared in the liberal
Especially when Kim Joo-yeol, a
initiated in 1987 as a sign of ending
movementsthatfinallybroughtdown
teenage boy who had been reported
the military dictatorship after fierce
theendofthemilitarydictatorshipin
missingfordaysafterthestreetrally
student resistance re-gained the line
thelate80¡¯s.
inMasan,wasfounddead.Thenews
of ¡°the April Nineteenth Uprising of
From the birth of the First
of outrage by the citizens of Masan
1960 (the 4.19 Revolution).¡± Because
Republic to the outbreak of the 4.19
after witnessing pictures of Kim¡¯s
the ideals of the 4.19 Revolution
Revolution, as if brutal oppression
face with a tear-gas bullet in it on
guarantee the right of resistance
under the Japanese Imperial
the Masan shore, spread widely and
beyond law as the last weapon of
Colonization was not enough,
touched off national protests. On
democracy, authoritarian states do
Koreans faced a sudden but long
April18,agroupofKoreaUniversity
not welcome such a constitution to
lasting division of the country and a
students demonstrated against the
reaffirm this natural right. Although
disastrouscivilwar,theKoreanWar.
government and were ambushed
both the ¡°March First Independence
In fact, after the war, his vulnerable
on their way back home by anti-
Movement¡± (Samil-jeol) and the
administrationturnedintoapowerful
communist Youth Groups who were
4.19 Revolution reflect the Koreans¡¯
patriotic and anti-communist state
really gangsters. The news covered
maverick character of fearless
with an authoritarian temperament
the front page of the Dong-a Ilbo
revolt for independence and against
with support from his police force
andoutragedthepublictostageeven
injustices, unlike the Samil-jeol,
long years of military dictatorship
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challenged this, and mostly erased
the appeals of the 4.19 Revolution,
and confused Koreans in their quest
to establishing the representative
democracy that this country stands
for.
Ridiculous challenges that the
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