Qualla: Woo Bum-kon Incident https://qualla.com/woo-bum-kon-incident en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:39 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Woo Bum-kon Incident https://qualla.com/woo-bum-kon-incident Woo Bum-kon Incident: Introduction https://qualla.com/woo-bum-kon-incident/ The phone lines went dead at 9:30 on the evening of April 26, 1982. In the village of Kungyu, Uiryeong County, the three operators at the post office had just been shot. The man who killed them was not an intruder or an insurgent. He was their local police officer, a 26-year-old named Woo Bum-kon, and he had hours of killing ahead of him. Before dawn, Woo would move through five villages in this rural corner of South Gyeongsang Province, murdering 56 people and wounding at least 35 others with stolen rifles and grenades. It remains one of the deadliest mass killings in modern history.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/7/1/woo-bum-kon-incident-wp/wy71-woo-bum-kon-incident-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Woo Bum-kon Incident: From the Blue House to the Countryside https://qualla.com/woo-bum-kon-incident/ Woo Bum-kon was born in 1955 in Daegu, the son of a policeman, and followed his father into the force. His marksmanship earned him a posting as a guard at the Blue House, South Korea's presidential residence, in 1981. But his drinking was heavy and his behavior while intoxicated ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/7/1/woo-bum-kon-incident-wp/wy71-woo-bum-kon-incident-five-villages-in-the-dark.mp3 0:06 3 full Woo Bum-kon Incident: The Farmhouse https://qualla.com/woo-bum-kon-incident/ Sometime in the early morning hours, Woo took refuge in a farmhouse belonging to 68-year-old Suh In-Su. He told the family he was pursuing a Communist infiltrator and ordered them to gather in the main room so he could protect them. They complied. When police finally closed in, W...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/7/1/woo-bum-kon-incident-wp/wy71-woo-bum-kon-incident-the-farmhouse.mp3 0:06 4 full Woo Bum-kon Incident: Forty-Two Years to Remember https://qualla.com/woo-bum-kon-incident/ The political fallout was swift. South Korea's interior minister resigned, other officials were suspended, and a commission investigated the police response. But for the families of the victims, recognition came slowly. The villages of Uiryeong County carried their grief quietly ...

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