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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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 months 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Han Kang's novel well describes this event.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months 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 6 points 2 months 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

You're right... edited

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah but I was told that it's hateful to call a fascist a fascist, so...

Guess we'll just have to live with the coming bloodshed.

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