Jeju April 3rd Historic Sites

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Baekjoilsonjiji

When the Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, the government implemented a measure called “preventive custody” for suspected dissidents and members of the National Guidance Alliance(Kukmin Bodo Y...

Keunneolgwe

After the village was burnt down in the middle of November 1948, Donggwang villagers hid inside Keunneolgwe for 2 months. At that time, around 120 people were living in this cave. In early 1949, Ke...

Mudeungyiwat

Mudeungyiwat is one of the villages devastated during the April 3rd Uprising and massacre. Around 100 residents of the village were tragically killed by a punitive expedition on November 21st, 1948...

Seodal Oreum

Right after the Korean War broke out in 1950, preventive detention swept across Korea and Jeju was no exception. People who were identified as targets of preventive detention were dragged by soldie...

Symbolic Grave of Lim Moon-sook Family

This is the Lim Moon-sook family graveyard. Mr. Lim and his family were hiding inside Keunneolgwe, when Donggwang-ri was burnt down by the army in November 1948. They were caught near Bolleh Oreum ...