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People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Han Gil Jang
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It has been almost twenty years since allegations of war crimes committed by South Korean troops during the Vietnam War were first featured in South Korean media in the 1990s. The public discussion that followed decades later was formed around the issue of “truth and reconciliation,” which, reverberated around the 2018 People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , June 2019 , e1
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