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• Greetings of Bereaved Family Association
• Outline of Nogun-ri Incident
• Summary of important dates incident
• Introduction of Bereaved Family Association

1960.12.27

Mr. Chung, Eun-yong filed a petition for official apology and compensation to the petition office opened in Seoul by the U.S. government. But the petition was denied on the ground that application period was expired.

December 27, 1960

Mr. Chung, Eun-yong sent a letter to the officer in charge of legal affairs at the petition office stating the wrongfulness of their reply and demanding compensation from the U.S. government. But he did not receive an answer.

April, 15, 1994

'Do you know our pain' a novel based on Nogun-ri incident was published. (Author : Chung Eun-yong, Publisher : Dari Media)

April, 29, 1994

Yonhap News reported Nogun-ri incident for the first time in Korea.

June 15, 1994

"Nogun-ri Massacre Incident Committee(NMIC)" was established to find facts about the Nogun-ri incident, shed light on historical truth, and recover the human right and honor of the victims by receiving an apology and compensation from the U.S.(Chairman; Chung Eun-yong, Vice Chairman; Yang Hae-chan, Director; Chung Koo-ho, Representative/Planning Committee Member; Chung Koo-do; Member; Suh Chung-ku)

July 5. 1994

NMIC visited the United States Embassy in Korea and submitted a petition requesting an official apology and compensation from the U.S. government but received no answer. (Visited by Chung Eun-yong, Yang Hae-chan, Chung Koo-do, Chung Koo-ho and Suh Chung-ku)

July 6, 1994

NMIC submitted a petition requesting a solution to President Kim Young-sam but received no answer.

July 7, 1994

AFP news agency reported Nogun-ri incident as foreign news for the first time.

July 30, 1994

Representative of NMIC, Chung Koo-do secured major evidences related to Nogun-ri incident in the documents at the National Archives and Records Administration of the U.S. (News reports in Joseon Inminbo and other newspapers right after the Nogun-ri incident)

October 5, 1994

NMIC submitted a petition requesting an official apology and compensation to President Clinton.

December 29, 1997

With the request of NMIC, Yeongdong County Council formed an investigation team to find the truth, and adopted a resolution urging a solution to the incident and submitted it to Blue House, National Assembly, U.S. Embassy in Korea, and President elect Kim Dae-jung. The Blue House sent it to Ministry of National Defense(Jan. 16, 98). National Assembly sent a letter stating that it is impossible to handle the matter(Aug. 28, 98), and the U.S. Embassy did not reply. And National Congress for New Politics said that General Civil Service Office would review the matter.(Jan. 26, 98)

July 28, 1998

1st memorial service for the victims of Nogun-ri incident was held under the railroad bridge in Hwanggan-myeon, the site of Nogun-ri incident.

Feb. 1999

First thesis(history) on the Nogun-ri incident was published. (Joint study by NMIC representative, Chung Koo-do and Choi Byung-soo, Professor at Chungbuk National University - In 'Inmun Hakji(Scholarly papers on humanities)' published by Humanities Research Center at Chungbuk National University

Sept. 30, 1999

AP news agency reported the Nogun-ri incident as an exclusive.

Oct. 1, 1999

President Clinton instructed to investigate the truth about the Nogun-ri incident.

Oct. 2, 1999

President Kim Dae-jung instructed to investigate the truth about the Nogun-ri incident.

Oct. 11, 1999

Special Commission on Nogun-ri Incident(SCNI) consisting of vice ministers of related ministries was formed with the head of the Office for Government Policy Coordination as the team leader.

Oct. 12, 1999

NMIC issued and sent a statement that requested President Clinton to investigate the truth and demanded compensation.

Oct. 22, 1999

Started receiving the reports of the victims of Nogun-ri incident.(Yeongdong-gun Office)

Oct. 27, 1999

The Korean government formed Nogun-ri Incident Advisory Committee(NIAC). (7 people: Chairman; Baek Sun-yup; Members; Lee Man-yul, Hyun Hong-ju, Choi Hwan, Lee Won-sup, Chung Jin-sung, Kim Chung-kon)

Nov. 8 - 18, 1999

Representatives of NMIC visited the U.S.(Cleveland, Washington and LA). (Visited U.S. Department of State and met Assistant Secretary of the Army, Patrick Henry and other high ranking officials, and had a press conference at National Press Club in Washington, etc.)

Nov. 10, 1999

Nogun-ri Incident Support Office, a temporary office, was established

Nov. 24 - 26, 1999

Ministry of Defense NIIT visited the site and heard testimonies.

Dec. 9, 1999

NMIC received human right award for 1999 given by Korean Christian Association

Dec. 1999

A paper on international law prepared jointly by NMIC representative, Chung Koo-do, and Professors Lee Jae-kon and Oh Yoon-suk at Chungnam National University was presented.

Dec. 14, 1999

U.S. Korea Joint Council was held.

Dec. 29-30, 1999

Ministry of Defense NIIT visited the site and heard testimonies.