Healing the Persisting Wounds of Historic Injustice: United States, South Korea and the Jeju 4.3 Tragedy

THE HAN (PERSISTING PAIN) OF THE JEJU 4.3 TRAGEDYConsider four interwoven accounts of a tragedy on the small South Korea island of Jeju. Ofwidespread violence and immense suffering over generations, initiated during supposed “peacetime”between World War II and the Korean War. Of a twenty-year initiative – started at the turn of thenew millennium, stalled, and then rejuvenated – to heal the deep wounds of injustice sustained byisland villagers and South Korean society itself.Accounts of a tragedy, euphemistically called “an incident,” little known until recently tomost of the world (and even to Korea’s people outside of Jeju). Interconnected pieces of a startlingstory of unacknowledged yet apparent United States responsibility. Read more