Oko kuhlala kubhekiswa kuko njengokhenketho olumnyama ngoku kukukhanya okunethemba ngokubhekisele kukhenketho eMzantsi Korea. Imfazwe yaseKorea yenzeka phakathi kweNyakatho Korea kunye ne-South Korea ukusukela nge-25 kaJuni ka-1950 ukuya nge-27 kaJulayi ngo-1953, ukuqala emngceleni. Njengokuba imfazwe yayiqhubeka kwaye ingena elizweni, ukudubula kwenzeka kwiindawo ezinjengeBukchon kunye neSiqithi iJeju apho kwabulawa amashumi amawaka.
Iqela labakhenkethi lifika kwiminyaka engama-70 kamva eBukchon eSouth Korea ukujonga amangcwaba amancinci eentsana ezibulewe ngoJanuwari 17, 1949 xa amajoni ayengena elalini, ekhanyisa amakhaya, etsala abahlali kwiyadi yesikolo. Amajoni emva koko akhupha izalamane zamalungu omkhosi kunye namapolisa, kwaye kulawo madoda, abafazi nabantwana abaseleyo, babekwa ngokwamaqela angama-30 ukuya kwangama-50 baza barhuqwa bemka. Ukudubula kwathatha ubomi babantu abamalunga nama-300 ababenxibe iimpahla ezimhlophe zesintu. Umsindisi ukhumbula ukuba imizimba eyayisasazeke kwisiqwenga sefama yayibonakala ngathi yiradishes esandula kutsalwa.
EJeju, malunga ne-30,000 yabantu babulawa, bemele iipesenti ezili-10 zabemi besiqithi, kodwa akukho mntu wayevunyelwe ukuba athethe ngale nto. Urhulumente waxhoma amehlo xa ejonga ngasemva kwezi nkumbulo zimnyama. Kodwa ngoku phantsi kobunkokheli buka-Mongameli u-Moon Jae-in, inkululeko yokukhumbula ayisathathelwa ingqalelo njengolwaphulo-mthetho ngokwalo.
Emva kwemfazwe, uMzantsi Korea wasebenzisa iikhosi zegalufa kunye neehotele zokubhengeza ukugubungela ububi beSiqithi iJeju. Ngaphandle kwamangcwaba, bekungekho zikhumbuzo okanye iimyuziyam ezakhiweyo ukukhumbula imfazwe eyenzeka apho.
IJeju ngoku yenye yezona ndawo zidumileyo zabakhenkethi eMzantsi Korea, kwaye igunya lezokhenketho apho lithanda ukubhekisa kulo njengelinye iHawaii. Kukho "abafazi baselwandle" abanokubonwa bentywila kunxweme lwesiqithi - abasetyhini abaneminyaka yobudala. Kwaye ngoku, ukhenketho olumnyama lubaluleke ngakumbi kwezi ntlobo zeetyelelo ezikhenketha iindawo ezinje apho kwenzeka khona ukubulawa kwabantu, ngokuya kuthandwa ngakumbi.
KwaJeju, iindwendwe zirhubuluza zingene kwiindawo zokufihla amatye ezimnyama, zisebenzisa ukukhanya kwazo, apho iimbumbulu zerusi neziqwenga zezitya zodongwe ezisetyenziswa ngababaleki zisafumaneka kule miqolomba igcwele amalulwane. Ababhenkethi banokubona iindawo zamangcwaba amaninzi apho amakhulu abantu aye aqokelelwa kwaye abulawa xa kwaqhambuka iMfazwe yaseKorea kwii-1950s zokuqala.
Amabali obundlobongela yimikhosi yaseburhulumenteni asabaliswa ngabantu besi siqithi, kubandakanya ukudlwengulwa kwabasetyhini kunye nokufuna ukuba abantu baqhwabele izandla njengokuba izizalwane zabo zabulawa. Amajoni kuthiwa anyanzele umama ukuba ajikeleze ilali yakhe kunye nentloko eyanqunyulwayo yonyana wakhe ovukelayo. Lo mbhali ukhumbula umakhulu wakhe waseKorea ebalisa xa wabona isinyibilikisi siphosa usana emoyeni emva koko sayibamba kwi-bayonet yakhe.
Uphando olusemthethweni lwenzeka ngo-2000, kwaye ngo-2006, urhulumente waseMzantsi Korea waxolisa ngokubulala abantu abangenacala beziqithi egameni lokulwa nobukomanisi. Ngo-2008, urhulumente wavula iJeju “Peace Park” enkulu ehlonipha amaxhoba. Kwimyuziyam eyakhiwe ngurhulumente, amawaka amagama, kubandakanya nelabantwana, abhalwe ezindongeni zemabhile emnyama, zinceda iindwendwe zive ubungakanani bokubulawa.
Nangona imbali ngoku ingaxoxwa ngokukhululekileyo, uninzi lwabahlali besiqithi bakhetha ukungakwenzi oko. Ukubulawa kukaJeju kuhlala kungumbandela obuthathaka eMzantsi Korea, owahlulwe ngokwendlela yokuvumelana nembali yayo yanamhlanje.
Uninzi lwabasindileyo bayekile ukuxoxa ngelixesha kunye nabantwana babo. Aba badala besi siqithi bafuna ukuphelisa isangqa esikhohlakeleyo sokuzala intiyo. Olunye usapho lwamaxhoba luhlala luloyiko lwento ebuyayo kwaye lunexhala lokuba xa abo babebambelele emthethweni bebuyela kumandla eSeoul, baya kuphinda bacinezele iinzame zokuphanda.
Abahlali abancinci besiqithi, nangona kunjalo, babonakala ngathi banomdla wokujonga kunye nokubhengeza okwadlulayo. Omnye wabo bantu baselula, UNks Kim, ngoku ungumququzeleli wolunye lwezihambo zimnyama. Utatomkhulu wakhe, oyinzalelwane kaJeju, uKim Myong-ji, wabulawa eneminyaka engama-27 yimikhosi yaseburhulumenteni. Ukhetha ukungayifihli imbali yosapho lwakhe kwaye kungcono anyuse ulwazi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
