VNExpress-Feb 14
A death anniversary ceremony was held in Ha My Village in Quang Nam Province on Tuesday to commemorate 135 people who were killed by South Korean troops in 1968. Before the ceremony, the South Koreans meet with witnesses and family members of the victims.Kwon Hyun Woo (L), office head of the Korea-Vietnam Peace Foundation, was with Tran Thi Thu, 85, a witness to the massacre. Woo’s uncle participated in battles in Phu Yen Province in south central Vietnam in 1972. He said that his uncle heard many things about the massacre done by other South Koreans during the Vietnam War. After hearing the stories, Vu joined the foundation and organized trips for peace for people of both countries. The rituals during the death anniversary ceremony are done in accordance with traditions in Quang Nam. Sang Min Hung, South Korean senator, sat quietly throughout 45 minutes of the ceremony. She said that despite the fact that the war is in the past, its stories have forced South Korean people of the present to come to Vietnam and apologize to the victims, for the sake of their own conscience. South Korean troops committed massacres across several villages in central Vietnam during the Vietnam War, including a massacre at the Ha My Village back in 1968. Read more at:
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