The 1979 Bu-Ma protests triggered the collapse of South Korea's longest dictatorship
A student-led uprising in the cities of Busan and Masan ignited a nationwide movement that ultimately ended the eighteen-year authoritarian rule of President Park Chung-hee during the autumn of 1979.
The Bu-Ma Democratic Protests began in October 1979 when students in Busan took to the streets to oppose the oppressive Yushin Constitution. The movement rapidly spread to nearby Masan, drawing in factory workers and ordinary citizens who were frustrated by economic hardship and the suppression of political freedoms.
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