The Jeju Anti-Guerilla Campaign
The Red Hunt 1948 - 1950



Timeline :The Red Hunt



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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