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The Jeju massacre or the Cheju April 3rd massacre happened as a result of suppression against armed rebellion in Jeju island, South Korea, during the period of April 3, 1948 to September 21, 1954. Jeju is the smallest province of South Korea, situated on its largest island. ...
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
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1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A complex interplay of guerilla forces, youth groups, police, local and national army together with US presence lead to the situation.
The South Korean provisional government, right-wing under U.S. guidance, conducted nationwide campaigns to root out communists and their sympathizers, which also included some moderates. This caused severe instability around the nation, and in Jeju where communist influence was stronger, many resorted to armed resistance against government action. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...
According to Lt. Gen. Kim Ik Ruhl[1] who was in charge of the Korean army's ground troops on the island in the first half of 1948 when the unrest began, rebels were merely labeled communist for political reasons while their true motives and slogans had nothing to do with communism, much less had there been any influence from peninsular South Korean or even North Korean communists.
He claimed the unrest had been triggered by a brutal crackdown on the islanders' smuggling, a main source of the island's income. Torture, rape, killings, arbitrary incarcerations and abductions of locals accused of being smugglers, communists or of supporting the above by police and marauding anti-communist Korean youth from the North eventually triggered a successful simultaneous attack by angry locals on all police stations on the islands on April 3, 1948. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The rebel islanders not only freed relatives from police custody in the April 3 raids, but also seized arms before retreating, giving them the upper hand on the island until reinforcements would arrive from the mainland. The police had thus been stripped of both arms and ammunition. The Korean army's 9th regiment, which had not been targeted by the rebels, was armed, but had not been allowed any ammunition as the South Korean state had not yet been formed and the United States held authority over the island. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
The government chose to mobilize the armed forces to suppress the situation and this caused many casualties. The rebellion continued after the end of Korean War. Estimations of deaths among the island's locals range from 30,000 to 80,000[2], meaning one in ten to one in every four islanders have been killed during the unrest. The Korean War (Korean: í•œêµì „ìŸ/韓國戰çˆ), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...
The brutality of the suppression had been largely ignored by the government, but after civil rule was reinstated in the 90s, the government made several case of apologies for the suppression, and efforts are being made to re-assess the scope of the incident and compensate the casualties. Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s - 130s - 140s 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Sometimes the 90s is used as shorthand for the 1990s, the 1890s, or other such decades in various centuries. ...
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The Korean War (Korean: í•œêµì „ìŸ/韓國戰çˆ), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...
The History of South Korea traces the development of South Korea from the division of the Korean Peninsula in 1945 to the present day. ...
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External links - Articles on the massacre
- South Korean President Roh issues an apology
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