Korean Genocide

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Korean Genocide

• By Richard Kim,
• Agnes Kim,
• Danielle Mumpower

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• Korea lies between China and Japan in Eastern
  Asia.

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When did it happen?

• 1910 Japan invaded Korea
• 1945 World War 2 ended and it seemed like Korea
  is finally free of intruders, but they were
  wrong
  
• As soon as Korea was free of Japan, the communist
  (Soviet Union) started to invade Korea from
  north. To prevent the spread of communism to
  Japan, The U.S sent an army to south

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Kanto Massacre

• In 1923, there was a massive earthquake in
  Kanto, Japan, it killed more than 50,000 people.
  
  
• After the earthquake, the Japanese government
  declared martial law.
  
• They issued a special advisory that stated
  Koreans were planning to commit murder, rape,
  arson, and were planning to poison Japanese
  wells.
• This created a riot and led to the massacre of
  Six-thousand Koreans living in Japan.

(Background)Head of Korean man, killed by a
Japanese soldier.
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Torture of Koreans

• The most well-documented case of torture is that
  of Yoo Guan-soon, who was a 19-year-old girl.
  
• Yoo played a key role in organizing the March 1st
  Movement, the largest mass-protest against the
  Japanese rule in 1919.
  
• Yoo was arrested and died in prison. The returned
  body of Yoo was in six pieces her scalp was
  missing, her nose and ears had been cut off, and
  all of her finger and toenails were plucked off.
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MORE TORTURE!!!

• On April 5th, In response to the March 1st
  Movement 1919, Japanese military police marched
  into the village of Je-am-li, a village known for
  its Christian-based independence movement. The
  police rounded up 30 Christians in the village.
• They locked them in a church, and set the church
  on fire. Twenty-two people were trapped and died
  in the fire. Eight people were shot outside of
  the church as they tried to escape.

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Comfort women

• During the war the Japanese military rounded
  up between 100,000 and 200,000 women to be used
  as sex slaves, euphemistically called Comfort
  Women. These women were usually raped 20 times a
  day, and as many as 40 times a day, according to
  accounts from survivors.

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Korean War, WHAT HAPPENED????

• On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces invaded
  South Korea.
  
• Led by the U.S., a 16-member coalition undertook
  the first collective action under United Nations
  Command (UNC).
  
• Following China's entry on behalf of North Korea
  later that year, a stalemate ensued for the final
  two years of the conflict.

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Negotiations

• Armistice negotiations, initiated in July 1951,
  were ultimately concluded on July 27, 1953 at
  Panmunjom, in what is now the Demilitarized Zone
  (DMZ).
• The Armistice Agreement was signed by
  representatives of the Korean People's Army, the
  Chinese People's Volunteers, and the U.S.-led
  United Nations Command (UNC).
• Though the R.O.K. supported the UNC, it refused
  to sign the Armistice Agreement.

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Settling the Korean War

• A peace treaty has never been signed. The war
  left almost three million Koreans dead or wounded
  and millions of others homeless and separated
  from their families.
• When the war was settled it was decided that
  Korea would be split in half by the 38th
  parallel. Making North and South Korea.
  

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Korea Today

• The 38th parallel line still exists today.
  Korea, once a united country is the only country
  that is divided today.
  
• Officially, the war is in a period of rest, but
  no one knows for sure when or if the war will
  restart.
  
• North and South Korea have been trying to unite,
  but no one knows when it will happen.
  

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Books and Movies about Korean Genocide

• This book is about Koreans under A Japanese
  ruler
  
• It also portrays about North Koreans, who are
  under Soviet Union influence, they try to escape
  to South Korea.
  

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Movie Welcome to Dongmakool

• Welcome to Dongmakool is a movie portraying the
  circumstance of North and South Korea
  
• It also explains a little bit about what happened
  in Korean War

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Fighting with each other

• One of the scenes in the movie is where a
  north/south Korean soldier were pointing guns at
  each other
  
• This scene portrays the situation nowadays in
  Korea- Brothers pointing a gun at each other

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Citations

• "Background Notes South Korea." Background Notes
  Feb 2008 SIRS Government Reporter. SIRS
  Knowledge Source. PHS Library, Charlotte, NC.
  26 Oct 2008 .
• Benedek, Aaron, Ann Dobinson. "JAPAN Far right
  rewrites history." Green Left Weekly issue 45511
  July 2001 16 Oct 2008 u/2001/455/25719.
• Evanhoe, Ed. "SOUTH KOREAN ARMY." The Korean War.
  20 Oct 2008. Special Forces and Special
  Operations Associations. 16 Oct 2008
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• Cine12. 25 Oct 2008 /Mov_Movie/movie_detail.php?s mediaid7912.
  
• Amazon.ca. 25 Oct 2008 Impossible- Goodbyes-Sook-Nyul/dp/0395574196.
  
• Hoyt, Edwin. The Bloody Road To Panmunjom.
  Military Heritage Press, 1985.
  
• Daniel. "The Day at Hwasong Fortress." 26 Apr
  2007. 28 Oct 2008 cfOs5.0heqrkKxeibuGWpqXpM6ao?p83.