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Yes, ‘A True Peace’ Now : Events on the 65th anniversary of the Jeju 4.3 uprising

See the bottom of this poster for the translation of event contents.

See the images of event posters, movies, and books, here.

Image source: the National Network of Korean Civil Society for Opposing to the Naval Base/ People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)

Yes, ‘A True Peace’ Now!

: A spiritual success upon the 65th anniversary of the Jeju 4.3 uprising!

A Joint Action for the realization of peace

: 4.3 Peace Week: From April 1 to 6, 2013

4.3 Joint events program

April 1 (Mon) 20:00 pm Screening of ‘Jeju Prayer (Binyom)’ in Gangjeong, Village Community Hall

April 3 (Wed) 19:30 pm “You, Gangjeong_Writers Fall in Love with Jeju,”: Peace Book concert, 10th Fl. Jeju Venture Maru, (1176-67 Ido-2 dong, Jeju City, Jeju Island (Or 217 Joongang-no, Jeju City))

April 4 (Thurs) Watching Jiseul with the Gangjeong villagers, Lotte Cinema, Seogwipo City (914 Beophwan-dong Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do)

April 5 (Fri) 18:30 pm “Gangjeong is the 4.3” Poet Kim Kyung-Hoon’s 4.3 Book concert, Small Theater, Jeju Culture Hall ( 69 Dongwang-no, Ildo 2-dong, Jeju-si, Jeju-do)

April 6 (Sat)

09:00-16:00 Peace trip, 4.3 historic sites in the eastern part of the Island

16:00-18:00 Peace Culture Festival, Gangjeong Village Community Hall yard

Peace Week Joint Campaign

Let’s see together! Nationwide campaign to see the movies of ‘Jiseul,’ and ‘Jeju Prayer(Binyeom)’

Raising a peace beacon fire. Online Joint action

Guide on the April 6 peace trip

Leaving the Shinsan Park (4.3 Haewonbangsatap: 4.3 tower for relieving one’s chagrin and dispelling evil)

Keungot Geomheulgool (About 3 meter ddep cave. It is guessed to have been a meeting place by the 4.3 armed guerrila. It is told that the Jeju City set up wire fence around it, considering it as a detesting place

Darangshi Cave (a famous 4.3, 1948 massacre site in which 11 dead bodies were discovered only in 1992 but condemned by the government)

Darangsh Oreom (a small hill impressive for both of views and history for the Darangshi village that existed underneath but extincted following the 4.3 )

Lunch

Shinheung-ri Camellia Hill

Sokryeongii Cave (Abandoned grave yard of the dead bodies of 4.3 armed guerrillas)

Gangjeong

Guided by Koh Jeryang, former representative of the Jeju Ecology Tour

Koh Kyung-Ha, Education director of the Jeju People’s Rights Solidarity

_There will be a peace culture festival after the peace trip

_Participation fee: Adult, 10,000 won( Under 20 yrs old, it is free/ bus and lunch are provided)

_Closing of Peace trip participants’ list: April 3rd

( Contact Jeju Solidarity for Participatory Self-Government & Environmental Preservation

March 26, 2013
Jeju 4.3 Massacre Film Wins ‘Grand Jury Prize’ at the Sundance Film Festival

Timely and great news hit the media on the 8th Anniversary of Jeju’s designation as ‘The Peace Island” and the same day as the new declaration of Jeju as the “Demilitarized Peace Island”. Jeju was originally designated the “World Peace Island” on January 27, 2005 as a formal governmental apology for the terrible 4.3 Massacre which took place from 1947-1954. Jeju filmmaker O Muel‘s based-on-a-true-story film, Jiseul, which takes place during the 4.3 Jeju Massacre has won the Grand Jury Prize in the “World Cinema Dramatic” section of the Sundance Film Festival. Hopefully this will help to bring 4.3 the attention of more people. Tonight in Gangjeong, there was a special screening of O Muel’s previous film “Nostalgia”. Jiseul will make its out-of-festival Korean premier on Jeju Island on March 1st. Previously Jiseul was chosen as Korea’s Best Indie Film of 2012 by the Association of Korean Independent Film and Video.

More details about the Sundance win can be found in this article.

An interview with the director about the film can be found here.

Official Poster for Jiseul, which means “Potato” in Jeju dialect.

Celebrating the film’s prize at Sundance, Director Cho Sung-bong, maker of the film “Red Hunt” about the 4.3 massacre, paid tribute to the film and Sundance creator Robert Redford here (In Korean only).

January 31, 2013
Event: We Declare Jeju Island “The Demilitarized Peace Island”.
We welcome internationals living in Korea to join this event!

Source: Click here

On the 8th anniversary of Jeju’s designation as “The Peace Island” (Jan. 27, 2005), people from around Korea will have an event commemorating that anniversary and to make a new declaration, designating Jeju as as “The Demilitarized Peace Island.”

The idea was initiated in Gangjeong at the beginning of 2013 and cultivated through the gathering of people’s opinions and ideas over the course of several weeks.

Event Details:

Time: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 3pm to 6pm, dinner following the event.
Venue: 4.3 Peace Park Great Hall
Participation Fee: 10,000 won
Content: Part 1: Declaration/ Part 2: Introduction of each participant and each participant’s sharing about their idea for a Demilitarized Peace Island (about 1 minute per person)/ Part 3: dinner
Contact: Dr. Song Kang-Ho – 010-8891-5072/ jejudmz@gmail.com
- Even if you don’t pre-register, you can register in the venue on January 27.
- Only the names of individual people (ie: not organizations or groups) who will actually be present in person for the event will be allowed. This is to avoid formalities and to be able to take direct action on responsible follow-up measures.
- There will be space to distribute materials related to the Demilitarized Peace Island movement
Korean advertisement site: Click here

The official statement and events of January 27 are now being translated. They will be put on savejejunow.org as soon as they are available.
January 26, 2013