Prime Minister Han: "Compensation Payments for All Victims of the Jeju 4·3 Incident by 2026"

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[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] Prime Minister Han Duck-soo presided over the first meeting of the Jeju 4·3 Committee in Jeju Island on the 20th and stated, "Since June, we have started accepting applications for compensation payments to the victims, and we plan to pay compensation to all victims by 2026."

On the afternoon of the same day, Prime Minister Han held the Jeju 4·3 Incident Truth Investigation and Victims’ Honor Restoration Committee meeting at Tamna Hall of Jeju Provincial Government and said, "To ensure that not a single victim is omitted, we plan to accept the 8th round of victim and bereaved family reports starting from January next year to find victims who have not yet been identified." This is the first time the Jeju 4·3 Committee has held a meeting in Jeju.

Prime Minister Han expressed, "I consider it meaningful that the committee is holding a meeting in Jeju for the first time in 22 years since its formation," and added, "I would like to thank the victims and bereaved families who have endured pain for a long time, as well as the committee members who have devoted themselves to resolving the Jeju 4·3 Incident. The Yoon Seok-yeol administration will do its best for the full spring of Jeju."

He explained, "To achieve substantial honor restoration for victims and their families, we are establishing institutional foundations to restore distorted family relationships," and continued, "Especially, President Yoon Seok-yeol attended the 74th Jeju 4·3 Incident Memorial Ceremony in April as the first president-elect to do so, and at that event, he promised that the state would take responsible efforts to heal the pain of Jeju 4·3 and fully restore the honor of victims and bereaved families." He emphasized, "The government will do its utmost to ensure that the Jeju 4·3 Incident is remembered in our society not as a history of tragedy but as a history of integration and reconciliation."

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