Bình Hòa massacre explained
The Bình Hòa Massacre, (Vietnamese: thảm sát Bình Hoà, Korean: 빈호아 학살) was a massacre purportedly conducted by South Korean forces between December 3 and December 6, 1966, of 430 unarmed civilians in Bình Hòa village, Quảng Ngãi Province in South Vietnam.[2] [3] In 2000, however, it was reported that a monument within the village, gave the dates of the massacre as October 22, 24, and 26, 1966 and said that 403 people were killed by the South Koreans.[4]
The district was in the operational area of the Blue Dragon Brigade.[5] Most of the victims were children, elderly and women.[6] More than half the victims were women (including seven who were pregnant) and 166 children.[2] [7] The South Korean soldiers burnt down all of the houses and killed hundreds of cows and buffalo after the atrocities.[2] A number of the survivors of the massacre joined the Viet Cong and fought against the United States and its Allies, one of which was South Korea.[2] [8] South Korean forces were also accused of conducting a similar massacre in Binh Tai village within the same year.[9] [10]
The massacre was discussed when British journalist Justin Wintle visited Vietnam in the late 1980s, where the report on the massacre was disclosed to Western media.
In popular culture
The Binh Hoa massacre was featured in a Korean documentary The Last Lullaby on the subject of Korean atrocities in South Vietnam.[11]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Sở văn hóa thông tin tỉnh Quảng Ngãi . Quảng Ngãi government . 2011-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110430045002/http://www.quangngai.gov.vn/quangngai/tiengviet/chuyennganh/sovhtt/1341721_2903/ . April 30, 2011 .
- News: On War extra - Vietnam's massacre survivors. Al Jazeera. 2009-01-04. 2011-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701175124/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQtgo4hKsM&feature=feedf. 2015-07-01. live.
- Book: Wintle, Justin. Romancing Vietnam: inside the boat country. Signal Books Ltd. 266 . 2006 . 1-904955-15-0 . 2016-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609174551/https://books.google.com/books?id=C953OFzcZUYC&pg=PA260&dq=Binh+Hoa+massacre&hl=en&ei=wE4YTrrWKoTmmAXv3Kkg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Binh%20Hoa%20massacre&f=false. 2016-06-09 . dead .
- Web site: Villagers recall S. Korean atrocities in Viet War; Troops massacred 1,600 civilians in all, survivors say. Paul Alexander. Associated Press. April 9, 2000. March 19, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160329060224/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/754022/Villagers-recall-S-Korean-atrocities-in-Viet-War.html?pg=all. March 29, 2016. live.
- News: <8> 신화를 남긴 해병대 '짜빈동 전투' 고립된 1개 중대가 연대 규모 적 무찌르다. 국방일보. 2011-02-15. 2012-10-14.
- Web site: Bình Hòa Massacre. Quảng Ngãi government. 2011-07-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110808080044/http://www.quangngai.gov.vn/quangngai/english/homepage/20128761658_1995/. 2011-08-08 .
- News: Korean troops' killings in Vietnam still unresolved. South China Morning Post. 2018-06-07. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140618/http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2066768/korean-troops-killings-vietnam-still-unresolved. 2018-06-12. live.
- Book: Oliver, Kendrick. The My Lai Massacre in American History and Memory. 2006. Manchester University Press. 9780719068911. 11. en.
- News: Words of Condemnation and Drinks of Reconciliation Massacre in Vin Dinh Province All 380 People Turned into Dead Bodies Within an Hour.. Hankyoreh. 1999-09-02. 2011-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140702/http://www.hani.co.kr/h21/vietnam/eng-jujoo.html. 2011-07-22. live.
- Book: Armstrong, Charles . Critical Asian Studies, Volume 33, Issue 4 :America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam . Routledge . 530 . 2001.
- News: Documentary on Vietnam War massacres wins honorable mention from state broadcaster. live. 2018-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142517/http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/777190.html. 2018-06-12.
