The South Korean government distorts history by portraying the May 18 Gwangju Rebellion, i
The Issue
The Gwangju "May 18" military insurrection—which South Korea promotes as a democratization movement—was, in reality, an act of rebellion and a war orchestrated by the "Cheongjuk-hoe" (a clandestine network of North Korean agents embedded within the South Korean military, composed of Korea Military Academy graduates) in collusion with 600 North Korean troops and 4,500 insurgents loyal to Kim Dae-jung, all of whom infiltrated Gwangju.
This photograph, taken around 5:00 PM on May 23, 1980, shows 34 North Korean soldiers—who had been captured by the Military Police of the Combat Training Command—being issued South Korean military uniforms, steel helmets, and backpacks, while under the escort of the Gwangju insurgents.
On the 24th at 1:40 p.m., eight of these individuals—operating under the command of a "Captain Park" who had been dispatched by the South Korean 11th Airborne Brigade—launched an attack against a unit of the 11th Airborne Brigade. Using 90mm recoilless rifles, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, and dozens of hand grenades, they killed 9 soldiers and wounded 36. In the ensuing counterattack, the 11th Airborne Brigade killed one of the eight attackers and captured the remaining seven.
The eight individuals who were either killed or captured belonged to an ambush unit composed of instructors from the ROK Army Infantry School’s training battalion. It has been confirmed that the grave of the one individual who was killed does not exist in any of South Korea’s national cemeteries to this day. Under South Korean law, the remains of soldiers who die while deployed on an operation must be interred in a national cemetery; however, it has been verified that there is neither a grave nor any remains for the soldier who died in that particular operation.
However, while the total number of casualties from the engagement at the time—comprising personnel from the 11th Airborne Brigade and a training battalion—is accurate, it has been confirmed that one individual previously identified as belonging to the training battalion was, in fact, a guard at the Gwangju Armed Forces Hospital. Evidence has been secured proving that this guard was killed by gunfire from the insurgents and that his affiliation was falsely reported as being with the Combat Training Command.
In other words, a North Korean soldier—dressed in a South Korean military uniform—was killed during that operation; since he could not be buried in a South Korean national cemetery, they instead shot and killed an actual South Korean soldier, buried his body in the North Korean’s place, and deceived the South Korean public and the U.S. government for 46 years.
This case is presented as one piece of evidence: it is alleged that between 2:00 PM on May 20, 1980, and 4:00 AM on May 21, North Korean troops and Kim Dae-jung’s insurgent forces forced approximately 300 Gwangju citizens to work on an operation to seize Gunbun bridge. According to this account, once the work was completed, the 300 citizens were killed using silenced pistols and buried in secret, unmarked graves. It is further claimed that the Journalists Association of Korea attempted to investigate these events but found it impossible to do so because the South Korean government had failed to compile a list of missing persons.
The South Korean government, by distorting history in this manner, acted in collusion with Amnesty International. They covered up an incident—discovered by Chinese authorities—in which South Korean intelligence agents, during the administration of President Kim Dae-jung, abducted a North Korean man named Choi In-su from China and subjected him to torture. Instead, Amnesty International reported only on the abduction of Kim Dae-jung himself, while concealing the abduction carried out by Kim’s own administration—a move that helped Kim Dae-jung secure the Nobel Peace Prize. By suppressing these events, the South Korean government distorted the nation’s history and undermined its democracy. Furthermore, they concealed the existence of a secret agreement with China—a country that served as a bridgehead, with South Korea acting as a transit point, for the effort to turn the United States communist.
It is precisely for these reasons that diplomatic efforts have become all the more critical.
I hope the United States will verify this fact and set the record straight.
There is also evidence that they illegally invited Charlie Kirk to South Korea and subsequently murdered him.
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The Issue
The Gwangju "May 18" military insurrection—which South Korea promotes as a democratization movement—was, in reality, an act of rebellion and a war orchestrated by the "Cheongjuk-hoe" (a clandestine network of North Korean agents embedded within the South Korean military, composed of Korea Military Academy graduates) in collusion with 600 North Korean troops and 4,500 insurgents loyal to Kim Dae-jung, all of whom infiltrated Gwangju.
This photograph, taken around 5:00 PM on May 23, 1980, shows 34 North Korean soldiers—who had been captured by the Military Police of the Combat Training Command—being issued South Korean military uniforms, steel helmets, and backpacks, while under the escort of the Gwangju insurgents.
On the 24th at 1:40 p.m., eight of these individuals—operating under the command of a "Captain Park" who had been dispatched by the South Korean 11th Airborne Brigade—launched an attack against a unit of the 11th Airborne Brigade. Using 90mm recoilless rifles, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, and dozens of hand grenades, they killed 9 soldiers and wounded 36. In the ensuing counterattack, the 11th Airborne Brigade killed one of the eight attackers and captured the remaining seven.
The eight individuals who were either killed or captured belonged to an ambush unit composed of instructors from the ROK Army Infantry School’s training battalion. It has been confirmed that the grave of the one individual who was killed does not exist in any of South Korea’s national cemeteries to this day. Under South Korean law, the remains of soldiers who die while deployed on an operation must be interred in a national cemetery; however, it has been verified that there is neither a grave nor any remains for the soldier who died in that particular operation.
However, while the total number of casualties from the engagement at the time—comprising personnel from the 11th Airborne Brigade and a training battalion—is accurate, it has been confirmed that one individual previously identified as belonging to the training battalion was, in fact, a guard at the Gwangju Armed Forces Hospital. Evidence has been secured proving that this guard was killed by gunfire from the insurgents and that his affiliation was falsely reported as being with the Combat Training Command.
In other words, a North Korean soldier—dressed in a South Korean military uniform—was killed during that operation; since he could not be buried in a South Korean national cemetery, they instead shot and killed an actual South Korean soldier, buried his body in the North Korean’s place, and deceived the South Korean public and the U.S. government for 46 years.
This case is presented as one piece of evidence: it is alleged that between 2:00 PM on May 20, 1980, and 4:00 AM on May 21, North Korean troops and Kim Dae-jung’s insurgent forces forced approximately 300 Gwangju citizens to work on an operation to seize Gunbun bridge. According to this account, once the work was completed, the 300 citizens were killed using silenced pistols and buried in secret, unmarked graves. It is further claimed that the Journalists Association of Korea attempted to investigate these events but found it impossible to do so because the South Korean government had failed to compile a list of missing persons.
The South Korean government, by distorting history in this manner, acted in collusion with Amnesty International. They covered up an incident—discovered by Chinese authorities—in which South Korean intelligence agents, during the administration of President Kim Dae-jung, abducted a North Korean man named Choi In-su from China and subjected him to torture. Instead, Amnesty International reported only on the abduction of Kim Dae-jung himself, while concealing the abduction carried out by Kim’s own administration—a move that helped Kim Dae-jung secure the Nobel Peace Prize. By suppressing these events, the South Korean government distorted the nation’s history and undermined its democracy. Furthermore, they concealed the existence of a secret agreement with China—a country that served as a bridgehead, with South Korea acting as a transit point, for the effort to turn the United States communist.
It is precisely for these reasons that diplomatic efforts have become all the more critical.
I hope the United States will verify this fact and set the record straight.
There is also evidence that they illegally invited Charlie Kirk to South Korea and subsequently murdered him.
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