Gwangju Uprising

Target entity: Gwangju Uprising
Context triple: [Gwangju, knownFor, Gwangju Uprising]

• A. Saffron Revolution
  The Saffron Revolution was a 2007 series of pro-democracy protests in Myanmar, led largely by Buddhist monks, against the country’s military junta and rising economic hardships.
• B. 31 March Incident
  The 31 March Incident was a 1909 counterrevolutionary uprising in the Ottoman Empire, led by conservative and religious factions in Istanbul against the Young Turk constitutional regime.
• C. March 1st Movement
  The March 1st Movement was a major 1919 Korean independence uprising against Japanese colonial rule, marked by nationwide peaceful demonstrations that became a symbol of Korean nationalism and resistance.
• D. Donghak Peasant Rebellion in Korea
  The Donghak Peasant Rebellion in Korea was an 1894 popular uprising of impoverished peasants and followers of the Donghak (Eastern Learning) movement against corrupt officials and social injustice, which drew foreign intervention and helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
• E. Tiananmen Square protests of 1976
  The Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 were large-scale public demonstrations in Beijing sparked by popular mourning for Premier Zhou Enlai, which evolved into a brief pro-reform movement that was violently suppressed and later officially condemned as “counterrevolutionary.”
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Gwangju Uprising
Target entity description: The Gwangju Uprising was a 1980 pro-democracy revolt in South Korea in which citizens of Gwangju rose up against military dictatorship, becoming a pivotal event in the country’s democratization.

• A. Saffron Revolution
  The Saffron Revolution was a 2007 series of pro-democracy protests in Myanmar, led largely by Buddhist monks, against the country’s military junta and rising economic hardships.
• B. 31 March Incident
  The 31 March Incident was a 1909 counterrevolutionary uprising in the Ottoman Empire, led by conservative and religious factions in Istanbul against the Young Turk constitutional regime.
• C. March 1st Movement
  The March 1st Movement was a major 1919 Korean independence uprising against Japanese colonial rule, marked by nationwide peaceful demonstrations that became a symbol of Korean nationalism and resistance.
• D. Donghak Peasant Rebellion in Korea
  The Donghak Peasant Rebellion in Korea was an 1894 popular uprising of impoverished peasants and followers of the Donghak (Eastern Learning) movement against corrupt officials and social injustice, which drew foreign intervention and helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
• E. Tiananmen Square protests of 1976
  The Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 were large-scale public demonstrations in Beijing sparked by popular mourning for Premier Zhou Enlai, which evolved into a brief pro-reform movement that was violently suppressed and later officially condemned as “counterrevolutionary.”
• F. None of above. chosen