A memorial ceremony commemorating the fifty-ninth anniversary of the April 19th Revolution is just getting started at the April 19th Memorial Cemetery in Seoul. <br />In 1960, thousands of demonstrators, mostly college students, took to the streets of Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do Province,…to rise up against Korea's then-military dictatorship led by Rhee Syng-man. <br />Later, on this day in 1960, police in Seoul opened fire on protestors killing around 180 and wounding thousands. <br />Under the theme of 'Democracy, the path we walk together,'... around 25-hundred people, including the prime minister and the Patriots and Veterans Affairs minister have gathered to remember the brave spirits. <br />At this year's ceremony, 40 honorees will receive awards for the first time in seven years. <br />
