TIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strike (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] cnlwhs 14 points 3 weeks ago

It's called 4.3 in here South Korea. Fascist pesident Syngman Lee, backed by the US army, committed genocide in Jeju. The army was ordered to consider anyone in the island, including children, as riots. The reason of this genocide was that Labor Party of South Korea was popular in Jeju. The fascist leading opposition People's Power still claim that it was a communist riot.

[-] cnlwhs 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Han Kang's novel well describes this event.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

I also recommend Han Kang's Human Acts, going over the Gwang-Ju Massacre by the butcher Chun Do-Hwan.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Nobel prize recipient

Why even bother mentioning this? Nobody cares about the opinions of some crusty old imperialist fuckheads. They are clearly deeply unserious in their prize selection process.

[-] cnlwhs 2 points 3 weeks ago

You're right... edited

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