Speaker
YANG Jo-hoon
Affliation
Jeju 4‧3 Peace Foundation
Title
Chairperson
Session

Biography

양조훈은 1948년 제주도 출생으로 제주4‧3의 진실을 밝히는 일에 반평생을 바쳤다. 언론인 출신으로 4‧3취재반장을 맡아 10여년간 4‧3기획연재를 했다. 4‧3특별법 제정이후 정부 진상조사팀 팀장을 맡아 공권력의 잘못을 밝힌 진상조사보고서 작성을 주도했고, 대통령 사과를 이끌어내는 데 중추적 역할을 했다. 제주도 환경부지사를 지냈고 현재는 제주4‧3평화재단 이사장을 맡고 있다. 저서로 <4‧3 그 진실을 찾아서>(2015) 등 다수가 있다. 「뉴욕타임스」(2001)는 그를 “4‧3 학살을 조사 연구해온 저널리스트”로 소개했다.

Chairperson Yang was born in Jeju in 1948 and contributed his entire life unveiling the truth of the Jeju April 3 incident. He used to be a journalist investigating the incident and published a series about it for 10 years. After the Special Act for the incident was enacted, he took charge of the investigating team to write a report that unveils the illegitimate use of public authority and draw a President’s apology about the incident. He served as a vice-governor of Jeju and now he is serving as a chairperson for the Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation. He wrote a lot of books including (2015). The New York Times introduced him in 2001 as “a journalist who has been investigating about the Jeju April 3 incident”.