Between 14,000 and 60,000 individuals were killed in fighting between various factions on the island or were executed. The memorial committee for the 70th anniversary of the jeju april 3rd massacre was established to. The bodo league massacre was a massacre and war crime against communists and suspected sympathizers many of whom were civilians who had no connection with communism or communists that occurred in the summer of 1950 during the korean war. South koreas national guidance league drew on approaches. Bruce cumings does an excellent job of constructing a narrative of the jeju uprising in his book the. The killing of civilians during the korean war are attributable to a wide variety. In 1949, the syngman rhee government established the bodo league to. Any mention of the jeju uprising was illegal in south korea until the early. Seoul national university hospital massacre wikipedia. The island of sea women by lisa see is set on jeju island, beginning during a period of japanese colonialism in the 1930s, followed by world war ii, the korean war, and its aftermath, including great detail of the jeju uprising. Footage of korean women sexually enslaved by japanese soldiers in wwii revealed for the first time duration.
The jeju uprising or the jeju massacre was a communist revolt on jeju island off the south coast of the korean peninsula, beginning on april 3, 1948. In the largest case, the bodo league massacre, between 100,000 and. Tourists exploring a cave on jeju island where insurgents hid during an uprising that was brutally suppressed by the south korean government. The bodo league massacre is a point of shame in sk, but nothing compared to the purges taking place on the northern side of the peninsula. For four decades the south korean government concealed this massacre. Korean book departure of republic of korea capital seoul. Residents of jeju opposed to the division of korea had protested and struck since 1947 against elections scheduled by the united nations temporary commission on korea. Families of victims of the uprising and associated massacres, as well as various. The bodo league massacre was a massacre and war crime against communists and. The seoul national university hospital massacre korean. Other terms include northwest youth league, northwest. The memorial committee for the 70th anniversary of the jeju april 3rd massacre was established to support islanders move. But now, i get to know the tragedy of war and massacre since i visit jeju. Survivors were forbidden by the government from revealing it.
As in the case of other massacres in south korea, us army personnel took. It should also be noted that stephan courtoiss the black book of. Historians and experts on the korean war estimate that the full total ranges from at least 60,000110,000 to 200,000. Bodo league massacre project gutenberg selfpublishing. Japanese rule ended with the jeju uprising, an attempted insurgency against the. Public library of science, the encyclopedia of life, open book publishers obp, pubmed. The bodo league massacre was a massacre and war crime against communists and suspected sympathizers that occurred in the summer of 1950 during the korean war.
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