[Jeju Update] Workers marched amidst rain opposing Jeju naval base construction, upon the 63th 4.3 memorial day/ Rep. of DLP Party visits Gangjeong

More than 1,000 workers had the rally and marched in the Jeju city. The workers expressed their resolute decision to oppose against naval base construction progit-oriented hospital, upon the 63th memorial of the Jeju 4. 3.

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Lee Jung-Hee, representative of Democratic Labor Party visied Gangjeong village.


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The Island-level memorial ceremony on the Jeju 4.3 was held amidst pouring rain in the Jeju Peace Memorial Park at 11am, April 3. Despite the Island people’s criticism, President Lee Myung-Bak did not come and instead the Prime Minister came who made clear the government’s will to forcefully drive the naval base construction in the Gangjeong village, to the fury of the villagers.

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A 4.3 documentary movie on the testimony of the 4.3 victims, "Red Hunt" was screened amidst much audience who gathered in the village ceremony hall in the Gangjeong village in the evening. The Life and Peace Fellowship had organized the screening event. Cho Sung-Bong, movie director, was invited. He talked about his personnel struggle against Lee Myung-Bak government’s river project currently happening in his hometown, Goorye, Jeolla province. Yang Yoon-Mo, movie critic said that the 4.3 was special for him because it was his grandmother’s (mothers' side) brothers who had been the very those first ones killed by the police during the March 1 independence protest in 1948, which became the cause of the Jeju uprising in April 3, 1948. He expressed his resolute decision to fight against naval base construction which can be called as the second 4. 3. Many people resonated to his remarks.






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Construction was posed because of rain on Sunday but more forceful drive on construction is expected after the Prime Minister's remarks during the 4.3 memorial events...