试析韩国社会的烛光示威

An Analysis of Candlelight Demonstration in South Korean Society

自20世纪90年代末以来,韩国社会各方面的变化为举行烛光示威活动提供了前提条件。2002年美军装甲车撞死女中学生事件引发了第一次烛光示威,烛光示威所具有的鲜明和平特点,使其迅即成为象征韩国新时代的示威方式。此后韩国相继举行了反对派兵伊拉克、反对弹劾总统、反对进口存在感染疯牛病风险的美国牛肉等烛光示威活动,并在2016年爆发了"烛光市民革命"。在"烛光市民革命"中,市民建立了弹劾总统的广泛统一战线,成功实现了政府更替,从而在韩国现代史的前进方向中留下了深深的烙印。

Since the late 1990 s, changes in various aspects of Korean society have provided prerequisites for candlelight demonstration. The event that US armored car killed a middle school girlin 2002 triggered the first candlelight demonstration. The distinctive peaceful characteristic of the candlelight demonstration quickly made it a popular way to symbolize a new era in South Korea. Since then, candlelight demonstrations have been held to oppose sending army to Iraq, the impeachment of the president, and mad cow disease. In 2016, the Candlelight Citizen Revolution broke out. In this Revolution, the citizens established a united front to impeach the president, which successfully achieved government replacement, thus leaving a deep mark inthe history of modern Korea.