Visiting Jeju upon the 62th Anniversary of 4.3 Uprising

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Eve Festival on April 2, 2010

* Image source: Gangjeong Village People’s Council

The 62nd anniversary of the Jeju 4.3, Eve festival
“Winter, Missing for the Spring Days”

* Image source: Lee Mi- Ri, Jeju Sori
The bereaved families of the Jeju 4. 3 uprising made the ceremony for the victims before the festival

A mold depicted the 4.3 Jeju uprising.



An organization named Mt. Halla, in Okinawa recited the North East Asia peace solidarity message in which the contents were to learn the Jeju 4.3 and to suggest to act together. Naraii Chidori (In traditional Korean costume), belonging to the group sang the song, ‘Spring-4.3 Jeju Island’ that she had written and composed herself.

For more photos in Media Jeju article, see HERE.

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'North East Asia Solidarity Peace Message
-Sent upon the eve festival of the 62nd anniversary of the Jeju 4. 3 (March 19, 2010)-

On April 3, 1948, in the Jeju Island where the rhododendrons came out splendidly, there were people
who stood up in the heat of fury to keep the human lives and dignity. Since then, 62 years have passed.

The wish that the innumerable people and spirits who were massacred by the Jeju 4.3 incident pursued for was
the society peaceful and full of humanity. However, due to the powerful and wealthy people who were driven
only by their selfish interests, hatred was planted among people and the conflict and discrimination were caused.

The Okinawa has met its 65th anniversary from the invasion by the United States military. The United States military that landed into the Kerama Islands on March 26, 1945 killed about 100,000 innocent people.

Also, the Japanese military massacred the villagers in Okinawa and Chosun (* currently Korea) military – the forced draftees. The girls and women who were dragged out under the name of the comfort women were sacrificed.

Now is the time that we should refuse war and violence, abolish all the military bases and to establish the peaceful society, gather all the power of the people in the Jeju island, Okinawa and Japan,
therefore to make the North East Asia as the peace zone.

We send our message that ‘the iife is the treasure (in Okinawa words, Nuzziidoitakara (?) Like the hot magma that unendingly flows under the grounds of the Halla Mt., let’s continuously keep going
with the hot enthusiastic heart that purses for peace.'
(arbitrary translation)

* Image source: Woo Seung-Ho, Sisa Jeju

* Image source: Woo Seung-Ho, Sisa Jeju

Lee Jeongmi, a beloved singer and songwriter by many of her fans in both Japan and Korea is the second Korean generation, born in Japan. Her parents who had lived in the Jeju Island fled to Japan right after 4. Uprising and massacre. Yoon Yong-Taek, Co-chairman of the Jeju Solidarity for participatory Self-Government & Environmental Preservation and Yang Yong Kwan, Director of the Environmental Matters, in the Democratic Labor Party took the photo
with her together.

After the eve festival, people gathered together for the dinner. Some 2nd generation Koreans born in Japan,
singer Lee Jeongmi’s group, and activists in the Jeju and main land shared the friendship, with song and dance
at the end of the dinner.

Song and Dance for the wishes of the peaceful world: Let’s dance to remove all the wars and violence in the world and to make the peaceful and humanity-filled world.