The following video shows the background, development and the fact-finding process of Jeju 4.3. (Produced and provided by Jeju MBC).

 

4‧3 Peace Foundation to Operate Job Training for 560 Faculty Members from across South Korea from June 14 to Nov. 15

A nationwide 4‧3 peace and human rights education and job training program for teaching staff in South Korea will be operated to raise awareness of Jeju 4‧3.

The job training program was prepared by the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation (president: Yang Jo Hoon) and the Education Office of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. One thousand teaching staff from across South Korea have been invited.

As a result, the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation is to take charge of 560 faculty members from June 14 to Nov. 15, beginning with training internal staff and dedicated education staff from the Education Office of Chungcheongnam-do Province from June 14 to 15. A total of eight training periods will be held.

For the 15 hours of education, the participants of the 1st training period will take theory classes as well as tour historic 4.3 sites.

Lecturers for the theory classes include: Kim Jong-min, a former special member of the 4‧3 Central Committee; Kim Soo-yeol, a poet; Heo Young-sun, director of the Jeju 4‧3 Research Institute; Kang Deok-hwan, a poet; Lee Young-gwon, director of the Jeju Institute of Historical Research; Yang Jeong-shim, executive director of investigation and research at the 4‧3 Peace Foundation; Choi Sang-don, a folk singer; Kim Dong-hyeon, a literary critic; Han Sang-hee, school commissioner of the Seogwipo Education Office; Lee Mun-shik, a teacher at Gueom Elementary School; and Woo Sang-im, an artist.

The field trip will be led by: Oh Seung-guk, head of the general affairs team at the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation; Jang Youn-shik, head of the Memorial Project Team at the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation; and Kim Eun-hee, head of the research department at the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation. They will inform the participants of the value of peace and human rights based on 4‧3 as the topic.

Moreover, on June 14, the first day of the program, the novel “Sun-i Samch’on” will be used as class material to teach Jeju 4‧3 and a lecture, “4‧3 and Literature,” will be given by novelist Hyun Ki-young, the author of “Sun-i Samch’on” and the recipient of the 2019 Jeju 4‧3 Peace Prize.

President Yang Jo-hoon said, “As last year’s 70th annual job training program was a success in informing the nation of 4‧3 and raising nationwide awareness, we expect much on publicizing 4‧3 more broadly in the education field.”

He added, “We hope that the capacity for educating the spirit of 4‧3 peace to teachers across South Korea will be reinforced and that the truth of the 4‧3 Incident will spread throughout the field of education.”

※ Number of participants: 560

Period	Date	Participants
1st	19.6.14 ~ 6.15	70 Staffs from Chungcheongnam-do Office
2nd	19.6.20 ~ 6.21	70 Staffs from Seoul Office
3rd	19.7.25 ~ 7.26	70 Staffs from Daegu Office
4th	19.7.30 ~ 7.31	70 Staffs from Gyeonsangbuk-do Office
5th	19.8.8 ~ 8.9	70 Staffs from Jeollanam-do Office
6th	19.9.26 ~ 9.27	70 Staffs from Incheon Office
7th	19.10.24 ~10.25	70 Staffs from Jeollabuk-do Office
8th	19.11.14 ~ 15	70 Staffs from Gwangju Office

Attached: pictures taken last year during the job training program

Award Ceremony Held in 4‧3 Peace Memorial Hall on June 1 by 4‧3 Peace Foundation

Senior citizens who were praised for overcoming Jeju 4‧3 and contributing to the province’s development were awarded the 4‧3 Parent Prize.

At 11 a.m. on June 1, the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation (president: Yang Jo Hoon) held the 2019 Jeju 4‧3 Parent Award Ceremony in the auditorium of the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Memorial Hall.

A total of 32 people, including 11 spouses of 4‧3 victims, eight recently exonerated prisoners falsely convicted during 4.3, four people left disabled during 4‧3, and nine seniors from families of the deceased, won this year’s Jeju 4.3 Parent Prize.

The event was joined by Song Seung-moon, chairperson of the Association for the Bereaved Families of 4‧3 Victims; Park Chang-wook, a member of the 4‧3 Central Committee; Jeong Min-goo, a member of the Jeju 4‧3 Special Committee; Kang Cheol-nam and Moon Jong-tae, provincial council members; Heo Beop-ryul, chief of the Administration Bureau of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province; Hong Seong-soo, vice-chairperson of the 4‧3 Working Group Committee; Yang Dong-yoon, a representative of the Jeju 4‧3 Provincial Coalition; and Heo Young-sun, director of the Jeju 4‧3 Research Institute.

Among the awardees were Kim Young-ok, who made many people cry during the 71st 4‧3 Commemoration Ceremony, and elderly citizens who were exonerated Jan. 17 of crimes they were falsely accused of committing during 4‧3.

President Yang said, “Those who are awarded today were actually there when the 4‧3 took place and their torments are indescribable.”

He continued: “Although no one can be wholly healed through being awarded a plaque, we thank them because their families and the local community, which owe their very existence to these victims’ sacrifices, have become the foothold for the development of Jeju.”

Chairperson Song Seung-moon of the Association for the Bereaved Families of 4‧3 Victims said, “Having grown up under my mother without my father who died during 4‧3, I would truly like to appreciate the elderly who endured all those years.” He added, “We will strive harder to pass the revision of the 4‧3 Special Act so that it benefits them.”

Plaques and prize money were delivered to the awardees by President Yang and Chairperson Song and the winners took ceremonial pictures with their families and enjoyed the event.

“It was a happy moment for me to share with my family,” Im Chang-ui said. “I thank you for granting me this award.”

Her son, Ko Byeong-hyeon, added, “My mother suffered for so long as a 4‧3 convict and I only wish for her future to be as bright as today.”

Since 2009, the Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation has received recommendations from the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, the Association for the Bereaved Families of 4‧3 Victims, the Association for the 4‧3 Survivors and others to grant 4‧3 Parent Prize to console those who have experienced and overcome Jeju 4‧3.