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In reply to the discussion: North Korea 'executes 80 people for watching foreign films' [View all]ronnie624
(5,764 posts)It began oppressing leftist, and then initiated the civil conflict in Korea in 1948, by installing a right-wing military dictatorship in S. Korea, in violation of its agreement to allow reunification in 1950. With the aid of the US government, the S. Korean government began a brutal campaign against leftist, which included mass killings. When N. Korea invaded, the S. Korean government murdered as many as a hundred thousand people, to deprive the North manpower for its army. The US government participated directly in these atrocities. South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has identified 138 instances in which the US was involved in mass killings.
It isn't possible for Korea to have "invaded" itself. N. Korea "invaded" S. Korea, primarily to engage a foreign occupier.
It is past time for the US to leave Korea and allow the nation to heal its wounds.