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Focuses on the atrocities committed during the pre-Korean war Seoul regime in the South Korean island of Cheju. Attack on the island by South Korean authorities to root out communists; Information gathered about the regime through declassified documents from the United States Archive and from oral histories of witnesses; Details regarding the conflict; Impact on Korean society. INSET: QUIET SIDE.

Presents quotations and editorial cartoons from news prior to October 11, 1999. A Union of Concerned Scientists engineer's assessment of the accident at a Japanese nuclear plant; South Korean activists' demand for punishment of soldiers reportedly responsible for civilian deaths in No Gun Ri in 1950; A Republican National Committee member's comment on the number of actors participating in politics.

Reports the discovery that many left-wing political prisoners were executed by South Korean military police in Taejon at the beginning of the Korean War. Investigations of other mass killings that may have involved American troops; Effect the investigation could have on American troops currently deployed in South Korea; Possible effects on relations between North and South Korea.