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South Korea's Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Mark Selden  and
Kim Dong-choon
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Since the formation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to come to terms with the legacy of apartheid and colonialism, Commissions have sprung up in many countries that have sought to come to terms with painful legacies of colonialism, war, and internal strife. Nations with international and domestic traumas as diverse as Chile and Argentina, East Timor, and Sierra Leone have established TRCs.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 9 , March 2010 , e4
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1 Wikipedia's “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” entry offers a panoramic survey of the TRC phenomena with particular attention to South Africa.