People's Revolutionary Party Incident

Infobox Korean name
hangul=인민혁명당사건, 인혁당 사건
hanja=人民革命黨事件, 人革黨事件
rr=Inminhyeongmyeongdang sageon, Inhyeokdang sageon
mr=Inminhyŏngmyŏngdang sakŏn, Inhyŏktang sakŏn| The People's Revolutionary Party Incidents were legal cases in which the South Korean government accused individuals of socialist inclinations according to the Anti-communism Law in 1965 (the First Incident) and National Security Law in 1975 (the Second Incident).

On December 27 2005, the appeal to this case has been accepted and on January 23, 2007 the District Court of Central Seoul sentenced the defendants not to be guilty in regards to the accused violations against Emergency Presidential Acts, National Security Act, preparations and conspirations of civil war, and the Anti-communism law.

The first incident

The first incident occurred on August 14 1965. The National Intelligence Service of South Korea claimed Do Ye-jong (도예종, 都禮鐘), Yang Choon-woo (양춘우, 楊春遇), Park Hyun-chae (박현채) and ten other individuals organized the People's Revolutionary Party. According to the NIS, this was "an organization attempting to overthrow the Republic of Korea according to North Korean programs" that "tried to recruit more people from various backgrounds to expand the party structure." Do, Yang and Park and other six were sentenced to six years imprisonment, while the others were sentenced to a year of imprisonment and three years probation.

The second incident

The second incident, also known as the "Committee for Re-establishment of the People's Revolutionary Party (PRP) Incident" (in Korean: 인민혁명당 재건위원회 사건) in South Korea, took place on April 9 1975. As demonstrations increased against the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee, the NIS arrested 23 individuals including Do Yejong on April 8 1974 under the National Security Law, based on accusations that they had formed a "Committee for Re-establishment of the PRP." On April 9, 1975, the Supreme Court of South Korea sentenced Do Yejong, Yeo Jeongnam, Kim Yongwon, Lee Subyeong, Ha Jaewan, Seo Dowon, Song Sangjin, and Woo Hongseon to the death penalty. The remaining were sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. 18 hours after the sentence was made, the government executed the eight individuals.

* Do Ye-jong (도예종, 都禮鐘)
* Yeo Jeong-nam (여정남, 呂正男)
* Kim Yong-won (김용원, 金鏞元)
* Lee Soo-byeong (이수병, 李銖秉)
* Ha Jae-wan (하재완, 河在完)
* Seo Do-won (서도원, 徐道源)
* Song Sang-jin (송상진, 宋相振)
* Woo Hong-seon (우홍선, 禹洪善)

References

* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/10/news/party.php In Seoul, marking a somber anniversary of executions] from "International Herald Tribune"
* [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200504/200504080025.html Executions Still Smart 30 Years After] from "Chosun Ilbo"

ee also

*List of Korea-related topics
*Third Republic of South Korea
*Fourth Republic of South Korea