Bình Tai massacre
| Bình Tai massacre | |
|---|---|
 Quảng Ngãi Province | |
| Location | Bình Tai village, South Vietnam |
| Date | October 9, 1966 |
| Target | Bình Tai villagers |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 29-168[1]-168[2]: 533 |
| Perpetrators | South Korean Forces |
The Bình mai Massacre was a massacre allegedly perpetrated by South Korean forces on 9 October 1966 of 29-168 civilians in Bình Tai village of Bình Định Province in South Vietnam.
Investigation
[edit]The South Korean newspaper, The Hankyoreh, investigated war crimes in Vietnam and this massacre had first came to light from a testimony by an officer whom had overseen the killing.[2]: 534 [3][1] Colonel Kim Ki-tae, former commander of the Seventh Company, 2nd Marine Division, testified in The Hankyoreh on 9 October 1966 about the event.[2]: 529 Colonel Kim had reported he oversaw the murder of 29 men who were 'probably just farmers' alongside other civilians, and confirmed by the Hankyoreh's onsite investigation of events.[1][4] South Korean troops set fire to the villagers' homes and shot the villagers who fled the burning buildings. The raid had been ordered as a punitive action by the Division Headquarters as retaliation for the killing of a ROKA Infantry Soryeong (Major) and a ROK Marine Artillery Jungsa (First Sergeant) three days before by sniper fire.[2]: 530 The testimony by Colonel Kim had prompted other Korean veterans to testify about mass-killings.[1] The massacre was discussed by the People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War in 2018.
See also
[edit]
- Military history of South Korea during the Vietnam War
- Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre
- Hà My massacre
- Mỹ Lai Massacre
- Bình Hòa massacre
- War Remnants Museum
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "People's Tribunal on War Crimes Committed by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus". apjjf.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b c d Armstrong, Charles (2001). Critical Asian Studies, Volume 33, Issue 4: America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam. Routledge.
- ^ Vụ thảm sát Diên Niên – Phước Bình + Tưởng niệm 45 năm vụ thảm sát Diên Niên - Phước Bình Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hwang Sang-cheol (11 May 2000). "A retired colonel, Kim Ki-tae, tells of systematic killings of Vietnamese civilians by Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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