1949-01-17

Bukchon-ri massacre

Bukchon-ri, JejuThe Bukchon-ri massacre represents the damage counterinsurgency and scorched-earth operations inflicted on civilian communities.

Other events in this phase

Jeju 4·311
  1. Jeju May 10 election disruption
  2. Jeju May 10 election voided in districts
  3. Evacuation order beyond five kilometers from the coast
  4. Martial law and expanded suppression in Jeju
  5. Jeju scorched-earth operations
  6. Bukchon-ri massacreCurrent record
  7. Suppression around Hallasan
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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.

Source Trail

Memory InstitutionJeju 4·3 Peace Foundation · Facts and truthOpen sourceArchiveUNESCO Memory of the World · Jeju 4·3 ArchivesOpen sourceOfficial RecordTruth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of KoreaOpen source