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The Jeju Anti-Guerilla Campaign The Red Hunt 1948 - 1950 |
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Timeline :The Red Hunt |
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Aug.15th.1945 Mar.1st.1947 Mar.10th.1947 Mar.1947 Mar.15th.1947 May.1947 June.6th.1947 Feb.7th.1948 Early 1948 April.3rd.1948 April.1948 April.28th.1948 April.30th.1948 May.3rd.1948 May.6th.1948 May.10th.1948 June.18th.1948 Aug.15th.1948 Oct.17th.1948 Mar.2nd.1949 Mar.1949 April.9th.1949 April.25th.1949 May.1949 June.7th.1949 June.25th.1950 July.7th.1950 Sept.21st.1950 |
Liberation from Japanese rule; U.S. military administration formed Shooting incident at Kwanduk Pavilion in Jeju; Six killed, eight injured; Inflamed a full-scale strike Start of a full-scale strike across the Island An inquiry commission dispatched; Reports that Jeju is influenced by a left-wing party, Namro-dang Troops and police start to be dispatched from the mainland; Strike stopped and its leaders arrested Continued dispatch of reinforcements; Association of Young Men from the North-west given the authority of policemen Incident at Jongdal-ri; Three policemen assaulted by a crowd A policeman buried alive by a crowd in Sukwang-ri, Anduk-myun 'Self-defense Unit' organized by leftist groups near Mt.Hanra Actual breakout of the incident leading to the Red Hunt; 500 Self-defense Unit and 1000 Jeju people attack police substations and homes of rightist group leaders Self-defense Unit reinforced into 'People's Guerilla', subordinate to 'Armed Guerilla'; Army installs special headquarters; 1700 policemen dispatched from the mainland Peace Agreement, by 9th regimental commander Kim Ik-ryul and commander of the Armed Guerilla Kim Dal-sam; Peace Agreement end in failure because of the fire set on Ora-ri village Ora-ri village set on fire by 200 men from Association of Young Men from the North-west pretending to be Armed Guerillas; Documentary film 'May Day on Jeju-do' taken by the American Army Some soldiers of the 9th regiment and the U.S. Army attacked by people suspected to be Armed Guerillas; Peace Agreement broken Commander Kim Ik-ryul dismissed, Park Jin-kyung appointed; Start of the hard-line extermination campaign The Election of May 10th; Two of three Jeju electoral districts were invalidated; Jeju Island the only area in South Korea to reject the Election Park Jin-kyung assassinated by his subordinate; Song Yo-chan, another hard-liner, is appointed Declaration of the establishment of the Republic of Korea 'Compulsory Evacuation Order' by Song Yo-chan that area further from 5km distance from the shore be regarded as danger zones and anyone in the zone as rebels, and to execute them unconditionally; start of the ruthless extermination; Armed Guerilla counterattacks with guerilla tactics 'Jeju Combat Command Post' established - Final subjugation takes place, concentrated on Armed Guerilla around Mt.Hanra Armed Guerilla dispersed Visit of President Lee Seungman 'Compulsory Evacuation Order' lifted 'Jeju Combat Command Post' and headquaters dissolved Commander of Armed Guerilla, Lee Duk-gu captured and executed; His body was displayed at Kwanduk Pavilion Korean War breaks out Preliminary Apprehension takes place; 193 Jeju residents killed at Suddal Hill Prohibition Order on areas near Mt.Hanra lifted |
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