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How many of you were taught that the 'North's invasion of the South' (1950) and not the 'Jeju Island massacre' (1948), was the start of the Korean War? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago

I had no real idea about any of it until I listened to the Blowback podcast season on Korea. I'd heard inklings on Korea before that in commie circles, but nothing all that detailed. It really puts into context how much brutality Korea has faced, first at the hands of imperial Japan and then at the hands of US occupation.