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Gwangju [a] (Korean: 광주; Korean pronunciation:) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju , former capital of South Jeolla Province , or Guangzhou , the city of Guangdong , China in Hanja .
One of the largest ethnic enclaves of Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union) in South Korea is located in Gwangju: the Gwangju Koryoin Village. [11] [12] Schools in the vicinity of the village, such as Ha-nam Jung-ang Elementary School , have significant proportions of Russian speakers as a result. [13]
On Wednesday, 11 January 2022 at 15:46 KST, the façade of a 39-story apartment building under construction collapsed in Gwangju, South Korea, killing six workers. [1] HDC Hyundai Development Company was investigated by the government, and its chairman resigned. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Gwangsan District (Korean: 광산구; RR: Gwangsan-gu) is a district, similar to a ward, situated in Gwangju, South Korea.The total population of the district, as of September 2004, is 295,294, and the population density of the district is 1,085 per 1 km. [2] [3] Its area is about 45% of the city of Gwangju.
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 ...
Namgwangju station ("South Gwangju station") is a station on Gwangju Metro Line 1, located at Hak-dong 994 in Dong-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. It opened for service on April 28, 2004. It lies at the site of the former Korail Namgwangju station, which had opened as Singwangju station in 1936 and been renamed Namgwangju in 1938.
Honam (Korean pronunciation:; literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. [1] Today, the term refers to Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, Jeju Province and Jeonbuk State. [1]