South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is set to officially recognize the execution of approximately 1,000 people by North Korean forces during the Korean War as a “massacre” and urge Seoul to demand an apology from Pyongyang and implement compensation measures for the victims’ families, a TRC spokesperson confirmed toNK News.
The move follows an investigation by TRC, whichreportedly includes testimony from North Korean prisoners of war, eyewitness accounts and documents from the U.S. Far East Command’s Korean War Crimes Division.