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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[-] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Title very misleading

A general strike was later organized by the Workers' Party of South Korea (WPSK) from February to March 1948.

Yes but then

The WPSK launched an insurgency in April 1948, attacking police and Northwest Youth League members stationed on Jeju who had been mobilized to suppress the protests by force.[

Not justifying a crime like this, just setting the record straight

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