Korea Jeju District Court Presiding Judge Mr. Jaegal, Chang, Mr. Judge Chung, Seung-jin, and Judge Mr. Seo, Youngwoo declared Jeju District Court Second Criminal Department The Decision on January 17, 2019. The indictment against the accused is applicable when ‘the procedure for filing an appeal is invalid in violation of legal regulations’, according to Article 327 No. 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act, all charges against the accused should be dismissed. Dong Soo Park (330310-1933019), Unemployed, Residence: Jeju-si Jaesung 1-gil 14 apt#101, Registration base: Jeju-si Ora 3-dong 2613.
There was much worse to come. At the modern House of Sharing in Bukchon, a scenic village of rice farmers and fishermen on the northern coast, old women recall in graphic detail the killing of hundreds in January 1949. A guide shows visitors the burial ground where large stones are strewn as the bodies were found. Small mounds mark the graves of children. Not far from Jeju International Airport, where many were buried, most of them were killed. At that time U.S. helicopters overhead. On the slopes of Mount Halla, a U.S. army communications unit was humming away. Who was ultimately responsible for these and many other episodes, known and verified, open for anyone to examine? The Americans don't actually deny complicity. They just don't say anything. That's not to say the Americans have to accept claims of a U.S. role. It's just that they owe the world, not just the victims' families, a promise to search the records and come up with documents, reports, anything revealing what the U.S. forces were up to.
In January 2019, the Jeju District Court handed down a ruling to reject the indictment from all 18 survivors who were sentenced to prison terms in 1948 and 1949 at military court meetings in Jeju. For the past 71 years, Jeju Islanders have campaigned for transitional justice in that time to find the truth about the Jeju massacres(1947-1954). The most important and urgent task in solving the Jeju massacres issue is to set the right for truth and transitional justice before seeking reconciliation and co-prosperity each other. The ruling, which was made by the Jeju District Court in fact not guilty of surviving inmates of the military court in 1948 and 1949, carries the historical significance of returning to the pivot to human rights.
The purpose of this study is to propose revisions to the Jeju 4.3 Special Law for the purpose of further investigation of Jeju 4.3 so that the complete resolution and appropriate legal solutions may come. The President, Moon Jae-In, who visited Jeju on April 3, 2018, promised a complete resolution of the Jeju 4.3 incident, defining the Jeju 4.3 incident as "violence perpetrated by state power." On Jan. 17, 2019, the Jeju District Court ruled in a retrial suit filed against the military tribunal by 18 surviving inmates under the leadership of the Jeju 4.3 Truth Commission and the Citizens' Solidarity for the Restoration of Honor. This is a very important case in which the military tribunal and their rulings were ruled invalid. Jeju 4.3 is still a painful history of Jeju that has not been resolved.
The Jeju Teachers' Association and Jeju Island Office of Education also proposes a visit to Japan to learn about their lives in connection with Korean schools in Japan. In 2020, Jeju National University and Ritsumeikan University plan to have the opportunity to jointly study and research the lives of Koreans in Japan from the standpoint of peace and human rights education. Based on the opinions of these international researchers, we should cover the human rights abuses committed under the US military administration and the responsibility for the deaths under US military influence, even after the establishment of the Korean government, and to restore the honor of 4.3 victims and survivors to prevent this from happening again. This is to protect peace and human rights in Jeju and the Korean peninsula.
This study explores the positive effect of cross-cultural activities on social healing and healthy aging. While the life expectancy has increased, the healthy years of older adults have yet decreased. Among elderlies especially those who experienced war-related adversities in their early ages, have limited access to positive cross-cultural activities. The theories of social-connectedness suggest that both perceived social support and objective connectedness to the society promote healthy aging. It is necessary to develop a culturally contextualized approach for their healthy aging while considering individual traits. The present study tries to contextualize the post-adversity and resilience in social network observed among Jeju legacy. With that contextual identification, promoting cross-cultural competence among elderlies is expected to yield positive gain in their aging process. The organized transcultural activities for Korean American elderlies in the U.S. exemplify how cross-cultural interactions promote inclusive social interaction and social healing at grass-root levels.