{
  "id": 17904658,
  "title": "Exhibition honors German journalist who documented Gwangju Massacre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/exhibition-honors-german-journalist-who-documented-gwangju-massacre-17904658",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T04:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261103/exhibition-honors-german-journalist-who-documented-gwangju-massacre"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An exhibition titled Records Live On — The Blue-Eyed Witness, The Legacy of Jürgen Hinzpeter, is set to open in Gwangju on Thursday, marking the 10th anniversary of the German journalist's passing. The exhibition, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Restoration Project Team and the May 18 Memorial Foundation, will be held at the former South Jeolla Provincial Office through March 28, 2027. Hinzpeter, widely remembered for his role as a foreign correspondent in the 2017 film Taxi Driver, risked his life to document the Gwangju Massacre in May 1980, a violent crackdown by South Korea's military dictatorship on pro-democracy demonstrators. His haunting video footage and photography provided crucial global insight into the tragic events.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}