South Korean soldiers prepare civilians for shooting
South Korean soldiers prepare civilians for shooting. 73 years ago, on June 27, 1950, the South Korea government kicked off the Bodo League Massacre—sequence of slaughter perpetrated against South Korean civilians suspected of being communism sympathizers or leftist ideals. It is estimated that more than 200k people were murdered during South Korea's anti-communist purges. For decades, the United States falsely held the North Korea government accountable for these deaths. After Japan's defeat in World War II, Korea's peninsula, occupied for decades by the Japanese military, was divided into two distinct influence zones, bounded along Parallel 38. In the setentrional portion, said North Korea, a socialist government has been urged integrated into the Soviet influence sphere. Already in South Korea, the United States established an authoritarian military government that imposed a crackdown policy against union organizations and social movements. Under growing pressure sin...