Yonsei University student struck by a tear-gas canister at a protest on 9 June 1987; died on 5 July
On 9 June 1987, the day before the June 10 national rally, he was struck in the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police during a protest outside Yonsei University. Images of him collapsing spread and fuelled protests across the country. He died after nearly a month of treatment, and huge crowds of citizens attended his funeral.
Protests against the torture death of Park Jong-chul and the April 13 decision to keep the constitution spread nationwide from 10 June 1987 under the slogan "Abolish the constitution-protection measure, down with dictatorship", winning direct presidential elections.
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Seoul National University student who died under police torture in January 1987, a trigger of the June Democratic Struggle
11th–12th President (1980–1988), leading figure of the new military group that seized control in the December 12 incident; tried in 1996 over 12 December and 18 May
From Hanseong Baekje to the June Democratic Struggle — the Han River land every kingdom fought for, and Joseon’s capital for five centuries