Introduction Conceiving State Violence, Justice, and Transition in East Asia

• Published in: State Violence in East Asia p. 1
• Main Authors: Sung Chull Kim, N. Ganesan
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States The University Press of Kentucky 2013; University Press of Kentucky
• Subjects: Behavioral sciences; Cold wars; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Crime; Criminal justice; Criminal law; Criminal offenses; Criminology; Homicide; Human behavior; Human rights; International disputes; International law; International politics; International relations; Jurisprudence; Justice; Law; Massacres; Murder; Natural law; Natural rights; Philosophy of law; Political oppression & persecution; Political science; Political violence; Politics; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Reconciliation; Retributive justice; Social behavior; Social interaction; Transitional justice; Violence; Violent crimes
• ISBN: 0813136792; 9780813136790

The collaborative research presented in this volume is about the dark side of political history in East Asian countries. It deals with the worst cases of state violence in East Asia, most of which were underresearched for different reasons. The eight cases examined in this comparative study include the Japanese military’s killing of Okinawans (1945), the Indonesian counterrevolutionary massacre (1965–1968), the Phatthalung Red Drum incident in Thailand (1972–1975), the Khmer Rouge’s mass killings in Cambodia (1975–1978), the Kwangju incident in Korea (1980), the Mendiola Bridge incident in the Philippines (1987), the suppression of the democratic movement in