Okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi ezokuvakasha ezimnyama manje sekungukukhanya okunethemba maqondana nezokuvakasha kweSouth Korea. Impi yaseKorea yenzeka phakathi kweNyakatho Korea neNingizimu Korea kusukela ngoJuni 25, 1950, kuya kuJulayi 27, 1953, kusukela emngceleni. Ngenkathi impi iqhubeka futhi ingena maphakathi nezwe, ukudubula kwenzeka ezindaweni ezinjengeBukchon neJeju Island lapho kwabulawa khona amashumi ezinkulungwane.
Iqembu labavakashi lifika eminyakeni engama-70 kamuva eBukchon eSouth Korea ukuzobheka amathuna amancane ezinsana abulawa ngoJanuwari 17, 1949 lapho isosha lingena kulo muzi, lishisa amakhaya, futhi lidonsela abahlali egcekeni lesikole. Amasosha abe esedonsa izihlobo zamalungu ezempi namaphoyisa, kwathi kulabo besilisa, abesifazane nezingane abasala, babekwa baba ngamaqembu angama-30 kuye kwangama-50 bahudulwa bahamba. Ukudutshulwa kudlule nemiphefumulo yabantu ababalelwa ku-300 abebegqoke izingubo ezimhlophe zesintu. Owasinda ekhumbula ukuthi izidumbu ezazisakazeke esiqeshini sepulazi zazibukeka njengama-radishi asanda kudonswa.
EJeju, kwabulawa abantu abangaba ngu-30,000, ababemele amaphesenti ayi-10 wabantu bakulesi siqhingi, kepha akekho umuntu owayevunyelwe ukukhuluma ngalokhu. Uhulumeni wakhwela wadilika lapho ebuka emuva kulezi zinkumbulo ezimnyama. Kepha manje ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMongameli Moon Jae-in, inkululeko yokukhumbula ayisabhekwa njengecala uqobo lwayo.
Ngemuva kwempi, iSouth Korea yasebenzisa izifundo zegalofu kanye namahhotela okuvakasha ukuze kubhekwe isihluku seJeju Island. Ngaphandle kwamathuna, bezingekho izikhumbuzo noma iminyuziyamu eyakhelwe ukukhumbula impi eyenzeka lapho.
IJeju manje ingenye yezindawo zabavakashi ezaziwa kakhulu eSouth Korea, futhi isiphathimandla sezokuvakasha lapho sithanda ukuzibiza ngenye iHawaii. Kukhona "abesifazane basolwandle" abangabonakala betshuza ngasogwini lwesiqhingi - abesifazane beminyaka. Futhi manje, ukuvakasha okumnyama kubaluleke kakhulu ngalezi zinhlobo zokuvakasha ezivakashela izindawo njengalapho kwenzeka khona isibhicongo, saziwa kakhulu.
KwaJeju, izivakashi zingena ezikhoselweni zamadwala amnyama bhuqe, zisebenzisa ama-smartphones azo ukukhanya, lapho izinhlamvu ezigqwalayo nezicucu zezitsha zobumba ezisetshenziswa ababaleki zisatholakala kule mihume egcwele amalulwane. Izivakashi zingabona futhi izindawo zamathuna amakhulu lapho amakhulu abantu aqoqwa futhi abulawa lapho kugqashuka iMpi yaseKorea ekuqaleni kwawo-1950.
Izindaba zokuhlukunyezwa ngamabutho kahulumeni zisalandiswa ngabantu bakulezi ziqhingi, okubalwa kuzo ukudlwengulwa kwabesifazane nokufuna abantu bashaye ihlombe njengoba kubulawa izihlobo zabo. Amasosha kuthiwa aphoqe umama ukuba azungeze isigodi sakhe nekhanda elinqunyiwe lendodana yakhe evukelayo. Lo mbhali ukhumbula ugogo wakhe waseKorea elandisa ngesikhathi ebona isigaxa senkomo siphonsa ingane emoyeni sabe sesiyibamba ku-bayonet wakhe.
Uphenyo olusemthethweni lwenzeka ngo-2000, kwathi ngo-2006, uhulumeni waseNingizimu Korea waxolisa ngokuhlatshwa kwabantu abangenacala baseziqhingini egameni lokulwa nobukhomanisi. Ngo-2008, uhulumeni wavula iJeju “Peace Park” enkulu ehlonipha izisulu. Emnyuziyamu owakhiwe nguhulumeni, izinkulungwane zamagama, kubandakanya nalezo zezingane, zibhalwe ezindongeni zemabula emnyama, zisiza izivakashi ukuba zizwe ubukhulu bokubulawa kwabantu.
Noma umlando usungadingidwa ngokukhululeka, izakhamuzi eziningi eziqhingini zikhetha ukungakwenzi lokho. Ukubulawa kukaJeju kusalokhu kuyindaba ebucayi eSouth Korea, ehlukene phakathi ngokuthi uzokwamukela kanjani umlando wayo wanamuhla.
Abaningi abasindile baye bazama ukuxoxa ngale nkathi ngisho nezingane zabo. Laba bantu bakudala besiqhingi bafuna ukuqeda isiyingi esinenzondo esizala inzondo. Eminye imindeni yezisulu ihlalele ovalweni lokudilizwa futhi ikhathazekile ngokuthi uma abomthetho bebuyela emandleni eSeoul, bazophinda bacindezele imizamo yokuphenya.
Izakhamizi ezisencane zalesi siqhingi, noma kunjalo, zibonakala zizimisele kakhulu ukuhlola nokuveza okwedlule. Omunye walabo bantu abasha, UNks Kim, manje usengumhleli walolu hambo olumnyama. Uyisemkhulu, ongowokuzalwa eJeju, uKim Myong-ji, wabulawa amasosha kahulumeni eneminyaka engama-27. Uncamela ukungawufihli umlando womndeni wakhe futhi uncamela ukuqwashisa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- A tour group arrives 70 years later in Bukchon in South Korea to look at the small graves of the infants killed on January 17, 1949 when soldier entered the village, torches homes, and pulled residents into a schoolyard.
- A formal investigation took place in 2000, and in 2006, the South Korean government apologized for the butchering of innocent islanders in the name of fighting communism.
- At a government-built museum, thousands of names, including those of children, are inscribed in walls of black marble, helping visitors feel the scale of the slaughter.
