K-protest charts a nation

Korean wave: Synchronised sing-along chants and coordinated light stick movements from the mainly young demonstrators that you might see at a concert fired up the recent political protests in Korea. — AFP

IN 1981, the South Korean youth had Nimeul Wihan Haengjingok (March for our Beloved).

While it was penned after the May 18 Democratic Uprising in 1980 in Gwangju, the protest song holds a special place in the country’s democratic movement.