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In one night, a single man killed 56 people across four villages — and the government made sure the world never found out.
On April 26, 1982, a South Korean police officer and former Presidential bodyguard armed himself with two rifles, 180 rounds of ammunition, and seven grenades from his own station’s armory. Over the next eight hours, he moved through four rural villages in the South Gyeongsang Province, killing everyone in his path. No one was spared.
At the time, it was the deadliest single-day massacre ever carried out by one person — earning Woo Bum-kon a place in the Guinness World Records. But what happened after was almost as disturbing as the massacre itself.
News coverage was killed within a week. Compensation was paid out in two days. No apology ever came from the president. And the story of 56 innocent people vanished from the public record.
What made a man entrusted to protect the president turn his weapons on the very citizens he swore to serve?
Podcast: Dark Asia with Megan