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is a press federation issued by the Korean government in 1949. At the time, the South Korean government tried to make many people who gathered under the name of the press federation friendly, but slaughtered them when the Korean War broke out.

The incident has been completely obscured, and only about 10 years ago, excavation work began, but reporter Kwon Young-in has come to see what the sites look like now.

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It is called Gongju-si, Gongju-si, Chungnam Province.

There is a sign that says the remains of a massacre civilian remains, but the road is cut off.

There was another sign 50 meters below, but it was not easy to enter because of the overgrown grass.

[(Originally) It was the road the car used to go, but it grew up like this.] In the

apricot, the military and police reportedly killed more than 1,000 members of the press federation right after the outbreak of the Korean War.

More than 400 remains were found at the time of excavation in 2008.

[Park Seon-Ju / Emeritus Professor of Chungbuk National University (Residential Excavation Director at the time of 2008): People side by side and this side (sit down) and the other side looking over there, and this side looking at this side and shooting with this attitude. Here, 80 remains were left.]

Ten years after the excavation work was completed, no traces were found on the site other than the signs made by the bereaved families.

[The victims of the Jaesungseong/Princess Press Federation case bereaved family: It is so pathetic and mourning for the bereaved family, and some bereaved families took soil from here and made graves.]

Other remains were similar.

The scrapped billboard was unable to read.

[There was no place to see the letters. It's all gone... ]

More than 200 unearthed remains found here are stored in containers by surviving families due to budget problems with local governments.

[Jung Yeon-Jo/Jinju Reporter Families Victims of Families: I haven't been alive, but I don't think it's a descendant's purse to take this (in my hometown).]

There were 168 reports of massacre in the press federation reported in 2006, 13 of which were discovered. , Only 7.7%.

The family's request to excavate continued, but the excavation work has been suspended for the past 10 years.

Currently, there is only one national budget allocated to manage excavations.

(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Seon-tak Kim)

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