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4.3 Incident : Caves
Research Question
: How did the household good, meals, and survival plans of people hiding in the Darangshi cave differ from people hiding in the Keunneolbgwe cave?
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“아버지, 밤에라도 가서 한번 하늘 보고 싶어"
“하늘 보러가면 토벌대한테 들켜 죽어. 안돼"
(Hong)
(translated from above)
“Father, I want to go out and see the sky just once.”
“If you go to see the sky, the persecutors will find you and you will die. You can’t go."
During the 4.3 Incident, some residents of Jeju hid in caves that were as tiny as closet to as big as a whole house. Even though they lived differently and had different survival techniques, they had one unified goal : To not be caught by
‘The Persecutors’
"토벌대한테 걸리면 무조건 죽여 버렸어요."
"When we were seen by the Persecutors, they would immediately kill us."
("'동굴로 들어간" 00:00:12)
The 4.3 Incident : Overview
The 4.3 Incident happened over the years of 1948~1949. Before the incident happened, a group of people named Namrodang disagreed with 'South' Korea being founded rather than as a whole, so they threatened the South Korea government with weapons.
The South Korea government wanted to get rid of the Namrodang. Sadly, the government thought that all of Jeju supported Namrodang, so they declared to kill all Jeju residents and sent 'persecutors' to Jeju. To be safe, some residents hid in different caves, hoping for the ‘killing’ to be terminated. The Keunneolbgwe (큰넓궤) and Darangshi (다랑쉬) cave were some of the caves that people hid during the incident. The two caves have different lives and living conditions. Still, the goal to see the sky without being killed was the same for all.
Darangshi Cave
(Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation)
Keunneolbgwe Cave
(Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation)
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