1948-04-03 - 1948-12-31

Jeju April 3 Incident

Jeju IslandJeju 4·3 was a prolonged event combining local conflict around separate-state formation, counterinsurgency, and civilian deaths.

Other events in this phase

Jeju 4·311
  1. Jeju April 3 IncidentCurrent record
  2. Jeju 4·3 armed uprising
  3. April 28 peace negotiation attempt
  4. Ora-ri arson incident
  5. Jeju May 10 election disruption
  6. Jeju May 10 election voided in districts
  7. Evacuation order beyond five kilometers from the coast
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Context

Jeju 4·3 was not a one-day event on April 3, 1948; it was a prolonged collision of policing, elections, separate-state formation, and counterinsurgency on Jeju.

The record must connect the shooting, general strike, armed uprising, attempted negotiations, evacuation orders, martial law, scorched-earth operations, and civilian deaths.

Media

Jeju citizens awaiting executionVisual recordJeju citizens awaiting executionPublic-domain photograph of Jeju residents awaiting execution in May 1948.Jeju 4·3 execution-waiting civilians photoVisual recordJeju 4·3 execution-waiting civilians photoA representative photograph that frames Jeju 4·3 as a prolonged violence and truth-record issue, not a one-day incident.

Source Trail

Official RecordJeju 4·3 Peace Foundation · Facts & TruthOpen sourceGovernment RecordKorea.net · Jeju April 3 Incident memorialOpen sourceOfficial RecordUNESCO Memory of the World · Jeju 4·3 ArchivesOpen sourcePhotoWikimedia Commons · Jeju Massacre.jpgOpen sourceOfficial RecordTruth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of KoreaOpen source