This is the March 8th Democratic Uprising Memorial Hall in Jung-gu, Daejeon.

This is the Daejeon Metropolitan City Jung-gu 3.8 Democracy Uprising Memorial Hall. Temporary opening Mon, Fri: 09~18 / Official opening: Mon Closed on public holidays. After liberation on August 15, 1945, the Allied Powers divided Korea into the North and South, and the US and Soviet armies occupied and ruled each. Afterwards, in the general election held on May 10, 1948, 198 members of the National Assembly were elected, and the Constitutional Assembly was formed. The Constitutional Assembly promulgated the Constitutional Constitution on July 17, and according to the Constitution, Syngman Rhee was elected as the first president through an indirect election of members of the National Assembly. In December of the same year, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the government of the Republic of Korea as the only legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula. The public's opposition to the corruption and long-term rule of the Liberal Party government and the voices of students calling for the liberalization of private education erupted into the March 8th Democratic Uprising, which became the fuse for the April Revolution and a huge watershed in the history of democracy in the Republic of Korea. Anti-Korea-Japan Agreement Movement The Park Chung-hee regime concluded the humiliating Korea-Japan Agreement focused on economic support. Angry citizens staged protests against the agreement nationwide, but the government suppressed them with force. Article 16 of the Constitution stipulates compulsory elementary education. The enactment of the Education Act in 1949 introduced equal educational opportunity and compulsory elementary education. According to government statistics at the end of 1958, the number of elementary schools doubled compared to 1945, and the number of elementary school students more than tripled. As opportunities for secondary education expanded, the number of high schools and students increased rapidly. In addition, a literacy campaign targeting adults was launched, which greatly reduced the illiteracy rate. The National Assembly, which criticized the failures of the Liberal Party regime and attempted to change the form of government to a cabinet system, was in conflict with the government. In this situation, as the possibility of the president being re-elected through the indirect election method in which members of the National Assembly elected the president became slim, a revision bill demanding a direct presidential election was forcefully passed. In 1954, the Liberal Party regime attempted to maintain long-term power by amending the constitution to allow the first president to run for president without any restrictions on the number of times (the Sasaoip constitutional amendment), amending the National Security Act in 1958, and the following year, issuing an order to shut down the Kyunghyang Shinmun, which had critical views of the government. The approval rating of the Liberal Party regime declined after the 1956 presidential and vice presidential elections and the 1958 general elections. In December 1958, the National Security Act amendment bill and the Local Autonomy Act of the Republic of Korea amendment bill, which were focused on strengthening surveillance of communists and controlling the press, were passed by the National Assembly. (2.4 Security Act Incident) The Liberal Party government planned to rig the election for the 4th and 5th presidential elections on March 15, 1960, in order to maintain long-term power, which led to the April 19 Revolution and the collapse of the Liberal Party government. The 38th Democratic Uprising was the first democratic movement in the Daejeon and Chungcheong region, which took place from March 8 to March 10 by high school students in the Daejeon area in protest of the Liberal Party government's political use of students. On March 8, about 1,000 students from Daejeon High School staged a protest in protest of the educational authorities' order to ban attendance at the Democratic Party's election lectures. At that time, students from Daejeon Commercial High School, Daejeon Industrial High School, Bomun High School, Daejeon Girls' High School, Hosudon Girls' High School, and Daejeon Normal School also attempted to join the protest, but were blocked in advance. Afterwards, on March 10, approximately 600 students from Daejeon Commercial High School staged a protest demanding the eradication of corruption, the cessation of school surveillance, and the release of arrested students. These student movements influenced the March 15 Uprising and the April 19 Revolution, contributing greatly to the development of democracy in our country. Starting with the demonstration by high school students in the Daegu area on February 28, 1960 (February 28th Democracy Movement), the public's opposition continued, including the student movement in Daejeon on March 8 and 10 (March 8th Democracy Movement), and the government mobilized the police to suppress them. In the Masan area, when the body of student Kim Ju-yeol, who went missing during a protest on March 15, floated in the sea off Masan on April 11, the public's anger spread nationwide. On April 19, the police indiscriminately assaulted students and citizens, resulting in dozens of casualties, and on April 25, university professors across the country declared the current situation and demanded the president's resignation. Finally, on April 26, President Rhee Syng-man announced his resignation and resigned from the presidency. Records of the March 8th Democratic Uprising include newspaper articles, notices, oral accounts, and diaries from that time. Among these, diaries are written in which an individual organizes his or her daily experiences and thoughts, and they have the originality and uniqueness of the records, and they also serve as research materials for cultural history, lifestyle, and regional history. #Domestic travel #Travel plans #February travel subsidy event