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Thursday, 18 May, 2000, 11:08 GMT 12:08 UK
In pictures: Massacre remembered
There were emotional scenes at a ceremony in South Korea marking the 20th anniversary of the Kwangju massacre, as relatives mourned the hundreds killed by the army. The South Korean President, Kim Dae-jung, paid tribute to the victims.

sisters weeping
Two sisters wept at their brother's grave in Kwangju's Mangwol-dong cemetery

Grieving mother/security guards
A grieving mother without an invitation was ejected from the ceremony

Kim/mourners
President Kim, himself a former dissident who was tortured, consoled mourners

demonstration in Kwangju
A reconstruction of the 1980 protest against military rule was held in Kwangju

student demo
Students in Kwangju demonstrated with a US flag reading "Against America"

Kwangju unrest
The authorities say about 200 died in the crackdown, but victims' families put the toll much higher

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18 May 00 | Asia-Pacific
Tribute to Kwangju massacred
17 May 00 | Asia-Pacific
Flashback: The Kwangju massacre
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