Gwangju Student Independence Movement

Shortly after the March 1st Movement, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was established which fostered the independence until liberation from Japan was achieved on .

[2] As a result, the Japan Empire and Japanese General Government responded to this with cruel suppression thus the independence movement faced stalemate.

On November 12, 1929, student groups led by Jaeseong Jang distributed mimeographed copies of requests to participate in the movement.

This led to the participation from other major political leaders such as Cho Byeong-ok, Han Yong-un, and Song Jin-woo.

It spread and affected the rally and protests abroad such as in Manchuria, Kando, Kirn, Shanghai, Beijing of China, Japan and USA.

[5] Sim Hun, the Korean novelist, wrote a collection of poetry Kunali Omyeon (그날이 오면, If that day comes) to commemorate a student independence movement in Gwangju in 1930.

It was the birthplace of the 11.3 school independence movement when Korean and Japanese students collided while attending Gwangju in 1929.

On November 3, 1929, it was the birthday of King Meiji the Japanese national day of October 3, the lunar calendar.

In the reality that we have to celebrate the Japanese holiday the students rejected singing Kimigayo and shrine worship protested with silence.

About 300 students chanted slogans, 'Hurray for the independence of Korea', 'Down with Japanese imperialism', 'The abolition of colonial education', staging a violent demonstration with the citizenry.

The students who poured into the city area raised their momentum by shouting "Long live independence of Korea" and calling the national anthem.

They continued marching along the on way street going to the south academy alley of the Jeonnam provincial government office and the hospital.

The school campus memorial also has a space for the history of the Gwangju Ilgo baseball club, which was established in 1923.