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What on earth were they thinking, knowing how many lives were taken that day and how seriously that set back our country's justice and history?

From BBC • May 19, 2026

South Korea's president was among those who criticised the campaign, saying it "insults the victims and the bloody struggle" of the residents of the southern city of Gwangju.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

On Tuesday, several family members were in parliament as the state's health minister apologised for the "enduring distress, anger, pain, grief and trauma".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Shinsegae's group chairman Chung Yong-jin called the Starbucks campaign "an inexcusable mistake that trivialised the suffering and sacrifices of all those who have dedicated themselves to the democracy of this country".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

A scruffy young man with a calculus textbook glances up from his homework and says, “Uh-huh. She used to live next to my cousin. What’s the problem?”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith