Busan–Masan Uprising

<p>The Busan–Masan Uprising or abbreviated, the Bu-Ma Uprising, was a series of demonstrations and popular uprising against President <a href="/facts/Park_Chung_Hee/Atcmtk7V">Park Chung Hee</a>'s dictatorial <a href="/facts/Fourth_Republic_of_South_Korea/yXxo7llc">Yushin regime</a> in South Korea. It took place between 16 and 20 October 1979 in <a href="/facts/Busan/rHbfkIA3">Busan</a> and <a href="/facts/Masan/DRBpzS0q">Masan</a> (now a district of <a href="/facts/Changwon/GINjaxsa">Changwon</a>, South Korea). Students from <a href="/facts/Pusan_National_University/t6r03Er2">Pusan National University</a> began demonstrations calling for an end to Park's dictatorship, following the regimes controversial decision to expel <a href="/facts/New_Democratic_Party/L1XRJrFX">New Democratic Party</a> chairman <a href="/facts/Kim_Young-sam/HstLAsl5">Kim Young-sam</a> from the national assembly. On 17 October the protests grew to include citizens and spread to Masan on 18 and 19 October. It is also called the Busan–Masan Democratic Uprising (<a href="/facts/Korean_language/dmNnRxAA">Korean</a>: 부마민주항쟁; <a href="/facts/Hanja/cvLdbcxX">Hanja</a>: 釜馬民主抗爭) or Busan–Masan Democratization Movement (부마민주화운동; 釜馬民主化運動).
</p><p>Park declared <a href="/facts/Martial_law/fUKQMx0b">martial law</a> on 18 October and referred 66 people to <a href="/facts/Court-martial/sKugD331">military court</a>. On 20 October, Park invoked the Garrison Act. The army was mobilized, and 59 civilians were brought to military court. Six days later, <a href="/facts/Assassination_of_Park_Chung_Hee/Hjs8YPLk">Park was assassinated</a> by his own intelligence chief <a href="/facts/Kim_Jae-gyu/6A7gB1fY">Kim Jae-gyu</a>, leading to the <a href="/facts/Seoul_Spring/Az8lpDbV">Seoul Spring</a> and <a href="/facts/Coup_d%2527%25C3%25A9tat_of_May_Seventeenth/gc0gYSIQ">seizure of power</a> by general <a href="/facts/Chun_Doo-hwan/nb2mP1TB">Chun Doo-hwan</a> the following year.
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Busan–Masan Uprising