...What had proved incomprehensible to me was that this bloodshed had been committed again and again, and with no attempt to bring the perpetrators before the authorities. Acts of violence committed in broad daylight, without hesitation and without regret. Commanding officers who would have encouraged, no, even demanded such displays of brutality.

-Han Kang, Human Acts re: the repression after Gwangju in #southkorea

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