May 18 Democratization Movement is a democratic and human rights movement that aimed to protect not only their own lives but also the human rights of everyone against state violence that violated human rights and the democratic order and took the lives of the people. Its ultimate goal is to establish a democratic government. May 18 Democratization Movement was the spiritual source of the anti-dictatorship democratization movement in the 1980s and made a decisive contribution to the development of Korea into a democratic country. May 18 Democratization Movement showed the mature civic spirit that formed a civic community where citizens were united and built a community for human life.