When people in kwangju , the central city of cholla , rose up , the junta sent in tanks and paratroopers .
当全罗道的中心城市光州的人民起来反抗时,军政府出动了坦克和空降部队。
The state brutally suppressed the kwangju demonstrations and the number of protesters killed remains a mystery , but is thought to be about 200 .
韩国政府残酷镇压了光州的示威活动,被杀的抗议者人数仍然是个谜,但据悉为200人左右。
In 1980 , the government sentenced him to death as a leader of ill-fated pro-democracy protests that ended bloodily in kwangju , a city in kim 's home province .