In this paper, I examine research on the Jeju 4.3 events, published in English outside South Korea since the 1940s in the field of social science (e.g. politics, international relations, and sociology), law, and history. I thenaddress how to internationalize the Jeju 4.3 events by asking three questions:first, which aspects of the Jeju 4.3 events should be internationalized? Second, why do we have to internationalize the Jeju 4.3 events? Third, should the localization of the Jeju 4.3 event come before the internationalization? I conclude the paper with three practical way to the internationalization of the Jeju 4.3 events: first, to translate and distribute materials that are already available domestically; second, to secure enough manpower to internationalize the Jeju 4.3 events and provide continuously supports; and finally, to facilitate the networks and communicate with international governmental and nongovernmental organizations and to affiliate with other domestic and international institutions.

• Hun Joon Kim(Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University)