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Jeju's 4.3 Massacre Remembered
FromThe Korea File
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Apr 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On April 3rd, 1948, Jeju Island was caught in a civil war-like time of violence and human rights abuses. This is when the period known as the Jeju Uprising and Massacre began.
The Korea File spoke with participants at the Jeju 4.3 Commemorative Street Festival last Friday to hear their impressions of this tragic event in Jeju's history.
Live music performances include Hallasanhoe's Songs for Jeju 4.3, Dedicated to 4.3/Antiwar Peace by the Parkbo Band and The Changwon Grandmothers Singing Group's songs from yesteryear with "Girls’ High School Days”.
Activist/Artist Lee Do-hee's work can be found at http://www.doheelee.com
The image for this episode is a still from the film '?? (Jiseul)', a semi-fictionalized account of the events of 1948 and after. A review on the award-winning film can be found at Koreana, a quarterly journal of Korean arts and culture at http://www.koreana.or.kr/months/news_view.asp?b_idx=3025&lang=en&page_type=list and the film is wildly available online.
For a long read on Jeju's 4.3 tragedy see the official governmental document The Jeju 4·3 Incident
Investigation Report at http://www.jeju43peace.or.kr/report_eng.pdf
For a brief summarization, go to http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Jeju_Uprising
The Korea File spoke with participants at the Jeju 4.3 Commemorative Street Festival last Friday to hear their impressions of this tragic event in Jeju's history.
Live music performances include Hallasanhoe's Songs for Jeju 4.3, Dedicated to 4.3/Antiwar Peace by the Parkbo Band and The Changwon Grandmothers Singing Group's songs from yesteryear with "Girls’ High School Days”.
Activist/Artist Lee Do-hee's work can be found at http://www.doheelee.com
The image for this episode is a still from the film '?? (Jiseul)', a semi-fictionalized account of the events of 1948 and after. A review on the award-winning film can be found at Koreana, a quarterly journal of Korean arts and culture at http://www.koreana.or.kr/months/news_view.asp?b_idx=3025&lang=en&page_type=list and the film is wildly available online.
For a long read on Jeju's 4.3 tragedy see the official governmental document The Jeju 4·3 Incident
Investigation Report at http://www.jeju43peace.or.kr/report_eng.pdf
For a brief summarization, go to http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Jeju_Uprising
Released:
Apr 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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MICHAEL BREEN: Origins of the Korean War: Michael Breen has been working in Korea for more than 30 years as a journalist with The Guardian, The Korea Times and others. He's the author of 'The Koreans: by The Korea File