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Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the Jeju massacre of 1948, a deeply significant tragedy in modern Korean history. The incident refers to the killing of some 30-thousand Jejudo Island residents at the hands of the police and military. Since a government fact finding report came out in 2003, activists have called for a deeper investigation to shed more light on what happened, but the search for truth has been slow in coming.
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Jeongbang Waterfall is a famed tourist destination on Jejudo Island known for its scenic landscape. But 70 years ago, the sea below the waterfall was the site of a tragic bloodshed. At the time of the incident on April 3, 1948, the area was crowded with police stations and detention camps where mass slaughters were perpetrated. 247 people are so far known to have died in this area. However based on testimonies that killings were conducted every day, the number of victims appears to be much higher.
[Soundbite] Oh Sun-myeong(Bereaved Family) : "Many haven't even found the remains of their loved ones. I hope this can be addressed as well as other areas that must come to light."
Identifying the whereabouts of those who are unaccounted for is also a pressing task. Some 5,000 people on the island are believed to have gone missing at the time, but how and why remains unknown. Government support is urgently necessary for a state-level investigation into the Jeju massacre whose many facts remain inthe dark even after 70 years.

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