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Interesting, I don't remember learning or hearing about this one. > While the South Korean government claimed 165 people were killed in the massacre, scholarsh
by dsego 2y ago
Interesting, I don't remember learning or hearing about this one.
> While the South Korean government claimed 165 people were killed in the massacre, scholarship on the massacre today estimates 600 to 2,300 victims.
Just for the sake of it, compared it to the widely known chinese tiananmen square massacre, albeit this one has widely varying figures on wikipedia:
> The Chinese Red Cross had given a figure of 2,600 deaths but later denied having given such a figure.[16][17] The Swiss Ambassador had estimated 2,700.
Beijing hospital records compiled shortly after the events recorded at least 478 dead and 920 wounded. ...etc
- Isamu 2y agoHere’s a more recent movie related to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taxi_Driver https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taxi_Driver It’s pretty good, you should be able to find it on streaming services.
- Isamu 2y agoI also recommend this book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Acts https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Acts although it is pretty heavy reading, about ordinary people caught up in horrific events.
- skhr0680 2y agoSouth Korea stopped murdering their citizens for expressing themselves. China didn’t
- pjc50 2y ago> I don't remember learning or hearing about this one Happened with tacit approval of the US, that's probably why - since it was ""anticommunist"".
- dsego 2y agoI guess it's common to assign different motives based on which side did the deed. You know, their crimes are stemming from an innate moral deficiency, our crimes are an exception or the result of external circumstances, not reflective of our core values.
- bigbacaloa 2y agoIn the US one is not taught about US support of dictatorships in the past and present.