Govt. ordered to reveal records of civilian massacre in Vietnam War
Social affairsJan 31, 2020
The South Korean government should make public the records involving three soldiers’ alleged role in a civilian massacre during the Vietnam War, Seoul’s Administrative Court ruled Friday. In a second trial ruling on the matter instigated by a local civic group against Seoul’s spy agency, which holds the records, the court ordered their release after redacting the soldiers’ dates of birth. Korean soldiers allegedly killed 74 locals in 1968 during the war according to the