An international award has been created to honor the journalistic spirit of Jurgen Hinzpeter.

The late German reporter was the first to send out footage of South Korea's May 18th Democratization 

Movement in Gwangju in 1980.

Jointly created by the Korea Video Journalist Association and the May 18th Memorial Foundation,... the 

Hinzpeter Awards will be given every year to video journalists who contribute to international peace and 

democracy.

President Moon Jae-in noted Hinzpeter's role in helping the outside world know about the Gwangju pro-

democracy movement,... and that he could offer hope to Myanmar.