1960(01 of95)
Open Image ModalSome 1,000 college students attacked the houses of two American missionaries and seriously damaged them. The incident occurred while the students of Yonsei University of Seoul were demonstrating against Rev. Charles A. Sauer, chairman of the universityâs board of directors, and Horace G. Underwood, acting President of the university. For what the called a dictatorial. Students knock down barbed wire barricade as they break into Rev. Sauerâs home during attack on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1960. (AP Photo/Kim Chon Kil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(02 of95)
Open Image ModalSome 600 celibate Buddhist monks staged a demonstration and paraded through Seoul, South Korea, denouncing the attempt by married monks to regain control of Korean Buddhist temples on Nov. 19, 1960. During the regime of ousted Syngman Rhee, the unmarried monks, with government support, defeated the married monks in a contest for power. The banner reads: Buddhism prohibits monksâ marriage.(AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(03 of95)
Open Image ModalThe Seoul police fired warning shots and threw tear gas shells for the first time since the April Revolution to disperse some 1,000 student demonstrators of Yonsei University in Seoul demanding the release of fellow students arrested after a rectous attack on the homes of two American University officials. The students clashed with an equal number of police while marching toward two downtown police stations where 56 students were held in custody on charges of trespassing and damage to property and held them for questioning on Thursday, Nov. 19, 1960. Police fired four rounds over the students heads and exploded tear gas shells when the students attempted to break through the police lines. It was reported, however, one was reported injured by gun bullets and at least 20 students were injured by police clubs during the scuffles. Police escorting an arrested student. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(04 of95)
Open Image ModalA group of gas-masked riot police uses clubs to beat a student demonstrator in Seoul during a scuffle between them on Sunday, April 20, 1964. It was the fourth consecutive day in Seoul where students staged demonstration against early conclusion of years-old Korea-Japan normalization talks. Police used tear gas shells to quell demonstrators for the first time since the 1960 student demonstration which toppled the Syngman Rhee government. (AP Photo/Kim Chon Kil ) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(05 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean youths crowd around toppled statue of President Syngman Rhee in Seoul on April 26, 1960, after student demonstration. Jubilant crowds roamed the streets after the 85-year-old Rheeâs offer to resign the presidency and hold new elections. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(06 of95)
Open Image ModalSoldiers walk in front of demonstrators to maintain order in Seoul, South Korea on April 26, 1960. Later the anti-government demonstrations turned to rejoicing with the announcement that President Syngman Rhee had offered to resign if the people wanted him to do so. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(07 of95)
Open Image ModalStudents demonstrating in Seoul, South Korea carefully fold large silken U.S. flag before handing it to Associated Press staff photographer Hal Buell during rioting in the South Korean capital on April 25, 1960. The demonstrators spared the flag while attacking and pillaging the home of Lee Ki-Poong, President Rheeâs vice presidential running mate in the disputed on March 15 elections. (AP Photo/Hal Buell) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(08 of95)
Open Image ModalFlames consume a police station in Seoul, South Korea on April 26, 1960 as demonstrators watch a continuation of anti-government riots which threaten to topple President Syngman Rheeâs government. Six students were killed when police tried to repel the attack on the station. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(09 of95)
Open Image ModalA speaker speaks before a crowd of demonstrators outside the home of Vice-President Lee Ki Poong, in Seoul, South Korea, on April 25, 1960, when new violence erupted in the city. Three demonstrators were killed and seven injured when troops opened fire on a mob outside Lee\'s house. The crowds accused him of rigging the election that returned President Syngman Rhee to power for a fourth term and put Lee in office as Vice-President. Lee his wife and two sons later committed suicide in a suicide pact in a bungalow in the grounds of the presidential mansion. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(10 of95)
Open Image ModalSome 200 college professors representing 27 colleges, march along a Seoul street, in South Korea, on April 25, 1960, after a meeting at the Seoul University. The professors expressed embarrassment that they had left it to their students to lead the movement against what they considered misrule by President Sungman Rhee. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(11 of95)
Open Image ModalResidents of Seoul gathered outside newspaper building reach for copies of extras being thrown from windows on April 21, 1960. Papers carried latest figures on death toll and names of victims of disorders that broke out in the South Korean capital on April 19. The resignation of the cabinet was announced in the papers. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(12 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean woman throws herself to ground at Seoulâs severance hospital after identifying body of her son on April 21, 1960. The boy was one of victims of rioting which protested elections that returned President Rhee to power. Reported death toll approached 150. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(13 of95)
Open Image ModalA Korean army tank stands guard in a main street in Seoul, South Korea on April 20, 1960, after the bloody rioting which erupted the previous day. Tanks and troops moved into the city when martial law was declared after violent clashes between police and demonstrators who were protesting the alleged rigging of the elections on March 15, that returned President Syngman Rhee to power. More than 100 persons were reported to have been killed in the bloody rioting when police opened fire. Hundreds more were injured. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(14 of95)
Open Image ModalTwo Korean women walk past one of South Korean army tanks stationed inside barricade forming protective ring around President Syngman Rhee?s residence in Seoul on April 20, 1960. With city under martial law, order has been restored after two days of bloody rioting. South Korean demonstrators had been protesting alleged undemocratic practices in the march presidential elections. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(15 of95)
Open Image ModalA jet of water is turned on South Korean students in Seoul, South Korea, on April 19, 1960, as police attempted to disperse the demonstrators. The demonstration was against alleged rigging of the March elections that returned President Syngman Rhee to power. Thousands of demonstrators marched on the Presidential palace and after a day of bloody rioting, martial law was declared and tanks and troops entered the city. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(16 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean students gather outside a large building in Seoul, South Korea, on April 19, 1960, in a demonstration against alleged rigging of the March elections that returned President Syngman Rhee to power. Thousands of demonstrators marched on the Presidential palace and after a day of bloody rioting, martial law was declared and tanks and troops entered the city. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(17 of95)
Open Image ModalTear gas used to hold back demonstrating South Korean students, foreground, blows back towards the police on the far side of the barricade in a street in Seoul, South Korea, on April 19, 1960. Martial law was declared in the capital after a day of bloody rioting and near insurrection, growing out of the charges that President Syngman Rhee\'s party rigged the recent elections. More than 100 were killed and hundreds more injured in the riots. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(18 of95)
Open Image ModalThese are three South Korean newspapers for Wednesday, April 20, which show crude censoring by officials shown April 19, 1960. The government clamped martial law on parts of the county in wake of violent riots against elections of March 15. Two photos have been blanked out of the English language âKorea Timesâ (black spaces with white streaks). Also the paperâs headline has had words deleted out of the second and third lines. A Korean language paper at upper left has black spaces where two photos were printed. In the paper at the bottom, three characters in the banner headline were deleted (white spots). (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(19 of95)
Open Image ModalKorean University students march along a street in Seoul, South Korea, on April 9, 1960, in an anti-government demonstration. In riots that rocked the government of President Syngman Rhee, more than 100 people were killed in clashed between civilian demonstrators and police. Hundreds more were injured. The demonstrations were protesting at the alleged rigging of the recent Korean elections which returned President Rhee and his party to office. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(20 of95)
Open Image ModalStudents in South Korea capital of Seoul use shield to defy attempts to disperse them with fire hoses on April 19, 1960. Students were protesting manner in which recent election was managed. (AP Photo/Kim Chon Kil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(21 of95)
Open Image ModalStudents by the thousands hurled rocks and slogans at the police in three South Korean cities, Monday, April 18, 1960 in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations. At least a dozen persons were reported injured in sporadic scuffles between police and students in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Pusan and Chongju. The unbroken wave of anti-governemnt demonstrations, now in its second week, posed a growing crisis for President Syngman Rheeâs government, which the students accused of rigging the March 15 presidential elections Line of policemen, back to camera, awaiting crowd of running demonstrators. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(22 of95)
Open Image ModalSeoul police grab man during demonstration on March 16, 1960, in front of central headquarters of Democratic Party protesting results of South Korean national elections. The day before, Syngman Rhee was re-elected president of South Korea. Some 300 persons clashed with police during the demonstration. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1960(23 of95)
Open Image ModalA South Korean policeman swings club in Seoul on March 16, 1960, during demonstration in front of central headquarters of Democratic Party protesting results of the national election. The day before Syngman Rhee was re-elected president of the republic. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(24 of95)
Open Image ModalStudent demonstrators watch a police vehicle burn near Seoul\'s South Gate on Thursday, May 15, 1980. More than 50,000 university students continued anti-government demonstration for the third straight day. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(25 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(26 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(27 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(28 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(29 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(30 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(31 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(32 of95)
Open Image ModalMass students demonstrators demand the lifting of martial law and the resignation of Premier Shin Hyon-Hwack and Korean Central Intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Chun Doo-Hwan, May. 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(33 of95)
Open Image ModalStreet scene of Seoul\'s South Gate Friday morning May 16, 1980, where more than 50,000 university students battled with riot police Thursday afternoon killing one policeman. Anti-government student demonstrators demand lifting of martial law. (AP Photo/KCK) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(34 of95)
Open Image ModalCars burn on the streets of Kwangju, South Korea, May 19, 1980, as anti-government demonstrators protest, background. (AP Photo) (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(35 of95)
Open Image ModalAnti-government demonstrators burn cars on the street of Kwangju, a provincial capital some 250 kilometers south of Seoul, during demonstration on Monday, May 19, 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(36 of95)
Open Image ModalStudent demonstrators watch a police vehicle burn near Seoul\'s South Gate on Thursday, May 15, 1980. More than 50,000 university students continued anti-government demonstration for the third straight day. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(37 of95)
Open Image ModalStreet scene of Seoul\'s South Gate Friday morning May 16, 1980, where more than 50,000 university students battled with riot police Thursday afternoon killing one policeman. Anti-government student demonstrators demand lifting of martial law. (AP Photo/KCK) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(38 of95)
Open Image ModalCars burn on the streets of Kwangju, South Korea, May 19, 1980, as anti-government demonstrators protest, background. (AP Photo) (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(39 of95)
Open Image ModalAnti-government demonstrators burn cars on the street of Kwangju, a provincial capital some 250 kilometers south of Seoul, during demonstration on Monday, May 19, 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(40 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean troops disperse anti-government demonstration on street in Kwangju, some 250 km south of Seoul Monday, May 20, 1980. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(41 of95)
Open Image ModalArmy paratroops called into this provincial capital after violent anti-government demonstrations force a group of men to kneel and strip Monday May 20, 1980. Some 500 to 800 persons were arrested in the two days of protests Sunday and Monday. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(42 of95)
Open Image ModalArmy paratroops seat a group of anti-demonstrators Monday May 20, 1980 with riot sticks. Some 500 to 800 persons were arrested in the demonstrations in this provincial capital 250 km south of Swoul. Many were injured and sources said at least two persons died. (AP Photo/KCK) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(43 of95)
Open Image ModalArmy paratroopers arrest demonstrators Monday May 20, 1980 in this provincial capitol following violent anti-government demonstrations. In lower left foreground, a soldiers kicks one of the 500 to 800 perons arrested. Sources said two demonstrators died of injuries. (AP Photo/KCK) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(44 of95)
Open Image ModalAnti-government demonstrators in Kwangju Monday May 20, 1980 set fire to cars on street during demonstration. (AP Photo/KCK) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(45 of95)
Open Image ModalA helmeted army paratroops clubs man arredted during violent anti-government demonstrations Monday this provincial capital, May 20, 1980. Up to 800 persons were arrested, and forces said two demonstrators died of injuries. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(46 of95)
Open Image Modal韓国の国旗を掲げ、「民族民主化大集会」参加のため校門を出た全南大学の教授ら。後ろから学生らが続き、民主化を求めるスローガンを叫んでいる (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(47 of95)
Open Image Modal全羅南道庁前の広場。噴水を中心に2万人以上の市民と学生が集まり「民族民主化大集会」を開いた。 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(48 of95)
Open Image Modal全南大学の正門前で機動隊と向かい合う学生デモ隊 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(49 of95)
Open Image Modal棍棒で無抵抗の学生を叩く衛生兵 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(50 of95)
Open Image Modal空挺部隊に棍棒で頭を叩かれ、血を流して連行される若い夫婦 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(51 of95)
Open Image Modal警察がデモ隊に押され始めると、光州中心部に戒厳軍が再投入された (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(52 of95)
Open Image Modal1980年5月19日午後3時ごろ、戒厳軍は光州市東部の錦南路に投入され、市内の全地域に配置された。 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(53 of95)
Open Image Modal5月20日午後7時、光州市内の各地で空挺部隊の残虐行為を目撃したタクシー運転手による、約200台のタクシーデモが始まった。走りながらクラクションを鳴らして市民側を鼓舞した (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(54 of95)
Open Image Modal戒厳令撤廃を求める市民が、光州市東部の錦南路にあるカトリックセンターの前で空挺部隊や警察と向かい合っている。 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(55 of95)
Open Image Modalデモ隊は郷土予備軍の武器を奪取して武装し「市民軍」となった。トラックの荷台に乗って走る「市民軍」に、沿道で市民が拍手をしている (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(56 of95)
Open Image Modal光州市内の各地で見られた、炊き出しで市民軍を支援する女性 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(57 of95)
Open Image Modal光州市内の病院が負傷者で溢れ、血液が不足したとの情報を聞き、多くの市民が献血に訪れた (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(58 of95)
Open Image Modal事件当時の光州市内。市内は事実上、無政府状態に陥ったが、光州市民は自発的に秩序を守り、困難を打開するため知恵を絞っていた (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(59 of95)
Open Image Modal全羅南道庁前の広場は、情報を求める市民で埋め尽くされた。抗争指導部は「民主守護市民決起大会」を開き、事態を市民に知らせた (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(60 of95)
Open Image Modal光州市内に再度投入された戒厳軍 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(61 of95)
Open Image Modal1980年5月29日、光州市北東部で執り行われた129人の葬儀。当時は政府の情報統制により「暴徒」と規定された (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(62 of95)
Open Image Modalドイツのシュピーゲル誌に掲載された、光州事件で死んだ父の遺影を持つ幼児の写真 (credit:5.18記念財団)
1980(63 of95)
Open Image ModalThe body of a man killed in anti-government rioting in this provincial capital is draped by a Korean National flag by demonstrators, May 22, 1980. At least 24 persons died in four days of fighting that the protestors in a most complete control of the day. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1980(64 of95)
Open Image ModalFamilies and relatives gather around the coffins of dead protesters at provincial headquaters of Kwangju, South Korea, May 23, 1980, some 250 kilometers south of Seoul. About 65 people were killed during anti-government protests. (AP Photo/KCK) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(65 of95)
Open Image ModalLines of helmeted riot police block the way as students carrying anti-government banners trying to march out of Myungdong Cathedral, in Seoul, on May 17, 1987, following a memorial service to mark the 1980 anti-government uprising in Kwangju. Police used tear gas and charged the students after the protestors began hurling rocks and sticks. (AP Photo/Mikami) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(66 of95)
Open Image ModalAn anti-government protester, sits dazed in a street in the center of Seoul on June 13, 1987, after he was grabbed by riot police during street battles in the South Korean capital. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(67 of95)
Open Image ModalRiot police retstrain an anti-government protestor as they try to disperse crowds who gathered at Myongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul, South Korea on June 14, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(68 of95)
Open Image ModalRiot police stand over an anti-government protestor as they try to disperse crowds who gathered at Myongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul, South Korea on June 14, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(69 of95)
Open Image ModalA south Korean woman hands flowers to a riot policeman near Myongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul on June 14, 1987, on the fifth day of protests against the government of President Chun Doo-Hwan, unseen. Along with several others the woman appealed to the police not to use tear gas against demonstrators. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(70 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean students and riot policeman duel with wooden sticks during an anti-government demonstration in Seoulâs Yonsei University on June 15, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(71 of95)
Open Image ModalAnti-government protesters stating a sit-down strike in the center of Seoul on June 14, 1987, scatter in panic as tear gas grenades, hurled by police, explode. Police repeatedly broke up demonstrations in the city center for a fourth day. (AP Photo/ Itsuo Inouye) (credit:AP)
1987(72 of95)
Open Image ModalA South Korean student poised to throw a gasoline bottle bomb at shielded and helmeted ranks of riot police in Seoul, South Korea on June 15, 1987, during a violent clash at Yonsei University, one of Seoulâs leading schools. The violence occurred as thousands of students staged anti-government demonstrations in the capital and provincial cities. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(73 of95)
Open Image ModalRadical students are dispersed by tear gas launched by riot police at Seoul\'s Yonsei University, South Korea, on Sept. 4, 1987, where some 500 anti-government students and riot police staged firebomb-tear gas battle. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(74 of95)
Open Image ModalA South Korean youth smashes the window of a police bus parked as a barricade at the gate of the municipal government building as a large number of students try to force their way into the compound during a mass rally In Kwangju, 165 miles south of Seoul, on July 9, 1987. (AP Photo/Sato (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(75 of95)
Open Image ModalStudents at the University in Seoul, South Korea have their faces covered with masks as protection against teargas as they hurl rocks and bottle bombs at riot police during anti-government demonstrations on June 19, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(76 of95)
Open Image ModalStudents at the University in Seoul, South Korea have their faces covered with masks as protection against teargas as they hurl rocks and bottle bombs at riot police during anti-government demonstrations on June 19, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(77 of95)
Open Image ModalStudents at the University in Seoul, South Korea have their faces covered with masks as protection against teargas as they hurl rocks and bottle bombs at riot police during anti-government demonstrations on June 19, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(78 of95)
Open Image ModalStudent demonstrators chant anti government slogans during one of the many rallies protesting the Chun Doo-hwan government on June 18, 1987, in Seoul. (AP Photo/ Itsuo Inouye) (credit:AP)
1987(79 of95)
Open Image ModalSeoul riot police kneel to rock-wielding students during \'anti-teargas day\' demonstrations on June 18, 1987, in Seoul. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1987(80 of95)
Open Image ModalRiot police stand amid flames from a bottle bomb thrown by rioting students during an anti government protest in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, June 18, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(81 of95)
Open Image ModalRiot police stand hold up shields during an anti government protest by students in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, June 18, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(82 of95)
Open Image ModalRiot police stand amid flames from a bottle bomb thrown by rioting students during an anti government protest in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, June 18, 1987. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1987(83 of95)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this June 15, 1987 file picture, a South Korean student sprays a flaming aerosol can as riot police respond with a fire extinguisher during an anti-government demonstration at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. In 1987, military rule in Sough Korea ended with a direct presidential election. For almost 40 years, Freedom House think tank\'s New York researchers have annually assessed the state of democracy and associated freedoms, classifying nations in three categories _ free, partly free or not free. Almost half the world\'s nations were rated not free in 1972, but by 2010 that proportion had dropped below one-quarter. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(84 of95)
Open Image ModalMourners hold portraits of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun during a memorial rally marking the first anniversary of his death in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 23, 2010. Roh, who served as president from 2003-2008, leaped to his death from a cliff behind his home village on the south coast amid a mounting prosecution probe into allegations that his family accepted a large amount of money from a businessman jailed on bribery charges. The letters read \" Roh Moo-hyun.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(85 of95)
Open Image ModalRoman Catholics and protesters hold a candlelight vigil during a special service as part of protests against the South Korean government\'s policy toward US beef imports in front of the Seoul City Hall in Seoul on June 30, 2008. South Korean police on June 30 took a harder line against protests over US beef imports which have disrupted the capital for weeks, raiding the offices of civic groups and detaining 148 people. The country\'s top prosecutor said the candlelit protests, originally sparked by fears of cow disease, have been hijacked by violent radicals. AFP PHOTO/KIM JAE-HWAN (Photo credit should read KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KIM JAE-HWAN via Getty Images)
2008(86 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean protesters shout slogans during a candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 13, 2008. South Korea\'s top trade official departed Friday for the U.S. for talks on beef shipments aimed at defusing public outrage over health concerns, while truckers went on strike in a fresh challenge for President Lee Myung-bak\'s young government. The banner read \" Out, President Lee Myung-bak.\" (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(87 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean protesters shout slogans during a candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 14, 2008. Striking truck drivers in South Korea threatened Saturday to block the country\'s largest port to protest surging fuel prices, deepening the woes of the government, already reeling from public outrage over the resumption of U.S. beef imports. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(88 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean students shout slogans during a candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 14, 2008. Striking truck drivers in South Korea threatened Saturday to block the country\'s largest port to protest surging fuel prices, deepening the woes of the government, already reeling from public outrage over the resumption of U.S. beef imports. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(89 of95)
Open Image ModalA South Korean boy, wearing glowing plastic toy cow horns, listens to protest music at a rally against U.S. beef imports in downtown Seoul on Saturday June 14, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(90 of95)
Open Image ModalThousands of protesters shout a slogan during a candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 20, 2008. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak replaced his top advisers Friday in a bid to soothe public outrage over plans to resume U.S. beef imports, while Seoul and Washington officials said they were near a resolution to the dispute. The letters on the cards read \"Out President Lee Myung-bak.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(91 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean protesters hold candles during an anti-government candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 21, 2008. All U.S. beef exported to South Korea will come from cattle less than 30 months old, officials said Saturday, in a deal made to placate South Korean protesters worried about mad cow disease. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(92 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean protesters stage a candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(93 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean protesters attend a rally protesting against government\'s policy on US beef imports in front of the City Hall in Seoul on July 5, 2008. Tens of thousand of South Koreans too part in the protest calling for the scrapping of US beef imports and the resignation of President Lee Myung-Bak in the latest of a series of mass protests stretching back more than two months.AFP PHOTO/JEON HYEONG-JIN (Photo credit should read JEON HYEONG-JIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
2008(94 of95)
Open Image ModalSouth Korean riot police officers spray water cannons as police officers try to break up protesters who try to march to the Presidential House after a candlelight rally against U.S. imported beef, in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, June 29, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a news conference on Saturday \"I want to assure everyone that American beef is safe,\" but South Korea\'s Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan said the beef issue probably would not go away quickly. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2008(95 of95)
Open Image ModalThousands of South Korean Christians and conservative activists shout slogans and wave banners as they take part in a rally at a park in Seoul on August 5, 2008, to welcome US President George W. Bush. The rally which called for a strong alliance between the two countries comes hours before Bush\'s arrival for a summit with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. AFP PHOTO/JEON HYEONG-JIN (Photo credit should read JEON HYEONG-JIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)