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Conflict15 April 1919

Jeam-ri Massacre

Japanese troops herded the men of Jeam-ri, Hwaseong, into the church, shot them and set it on fire, killing over twenty.

Jeam-ri after the massacre, with only one house left standing — 1919
Jeam-ri after the massacre, with only one house left standing — 1919

Frank William Schofield · Public domain · Source

It was reprisal for the protest at Balan market. On 15 April soldiers locked Christian and Cheondogyo men in the church, fired on them and set it alight, then burned neighbouring villages too. The Canadian missionary Frank Schofield photographed the site and told the world. It is the best-known massacre of the March First Movement.

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States and rulers at the time
Korea under Japanese rule · targeted — Governor-General Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Japan · ruling power — Emperor Taishō
Places
Jeam-ri

Before and after

Earlier
1919 Aunae Market Protest

Themes that include this event

  • Suwon1601 – 1919

    From Jeongjo’s new city of Hwaseong to the tragedy of Jeam-ri — where a king’s filial devotion and reform politics were built into stone walls