C.+Interview+Questions

C. Interview Questions
**//1. What was your occupation during the war? How did the war affect your occupation?//** -student (10th grade) - June 22 - one month for all of the communist for invade - school was abolished -순천 (near busan) - everyone went to pusan (only place where invasion didn't occur)

- freedom and democracy was abolished - north korean's dictatorship - this was when the first invasion occurred (when the North Korean invaded all the way to Pusan) - farms, livestock, crops all taken away - very crowded because many South Koreans from Seoul and many North Koreans came as refugees to Pusan
 * //2. What were some of the rights and privileges that you were stripped off during the war?//**

- 80% farming - all of the farms destroyed by the artillery and bombing; very hard for all of the farmers - not enough food - farmers like my grandfather barely survived - ate cheap wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes - very hard life - many people around my grandfather died because of the famine - Chinese army invaded also; caused a massive wave of refugees
 * //3. How was life during the war? Did you get enough to eat and a comfortable shelter?//**

- lived in Sunchun, which was close to Pusan. He did not get affected by the war as much - still had family, no lives were lost - had a farm: did not starve
 * //4. Were you living in South Korea or North Korea when the war began? How do you think that this affected your life?//**

//**5. Since you were a Christian during the war, did you get punished? Were there consequences for being a Christian during the war?**// - 손양운 목사님 (Reverend Son) - all of the priests were executed by the communists - couldn't go to church - the church itself was abolished

- many were killed by the communists - some South Koreans acted as a spy for the North Koreans; they told on anyone who were for the democratic governmental system - these Koreans were executed by the communists - after, when the South Koreans and the UN forces pushed back to the 38th parallel, the spies (pro-communists) were all executed - mass execution: both sides of the political system (democratic, communist) were sacrificed - students older than my grandfather were killed in mass numbers because of the 1) bombing 2) South Korean army 3) North Korean army (because they were forced to join the army - even the students who managed to survive were killed because later, when the South Koreans pushed back to the 38th parallel, they were considered as traitors and part of the North Koreans
 * //6. Did you lose any members of your family or friends? How did they die?//**

- my grandfather lived in the countryside; only way my grandfather could receive the news was through the only radio in the school - South Koreans were not ready for the war; North Koreans had trained for the war for a long time - North Koreans said that the South Koreans started the war, but it was actually the opposite - there are proof that North Koreans began the war; there were documents that were discovered recently
 * //7. How did you receive the news of the war? What did the government tell you? Did they say that the North Koreans started the war, or did they say that the South Koreans started the war?//**

- not angry, but disappointed and indignant that the North Koreans invaded; the South Koreans were not ready at all and there were severe consequences - many students acted as a "Student Army" because they were angry at the North Koreans (act of Nationalism) - 학도병 (Hak Do Bung): What they called the Student Army
 * //8. What did you think of the North Koreans during the war? (Did you feel anger towards them, or were you pitiful?)//**

- Kim Il Sung started the war; it was not fair because the South Koreans were living peacefully - He destroyed the peace and freedom in the South Korea - no food, no shelter, families separated, and education was not available - before, my grandfather used to take the train to school, but the train was bombed and he could no longer go to school
 * //9. How did you feel about the war?//**

- three years had passed; grandpa in first year of university - Seoul for university - Seoul was in ruins - Han River ha only one bridge at the time, but that was demolished by the South Koreans to stop the North Koreans from crossing - Many refugees who needed to cross the Han River died while trying to cross - only one building left in Seoul - was bombed by the Un forces because the North Koreans had invaded
 * //10. What happened after the war was over? How was the condition of Korea? Did you resume life right away, or were there severe consequences?//**

- war orphans - families separated - many civilians died - refugees were in millions - economies failed; no food - people died of famine - grandfather was better than most people because he had a good home, food, and family
 * //11. What was the worst thing that happened to you during the war?//**

- without the UN forces, there would be no South Korea - UN forces had bombed the refugees; it was not intentional, but actually accidental - people were in masses; the pilots thought that the refugees were actually North Korean armies - without America, we would be communist and poor
 * //12. What do you think about the UN forces (like the Americans)? Do you think that they were helpful to the overall development of South Korea?//**

- 보리고개 (bo ree go gae) - a period during the war when the rice was all gone (추석) - the wheat didn't come up yet, but there were no food in the winter - saying that says that if you go over this period (3 months), then you will live - ate only barks and made it into soup
 * //13. What was one of the most memorable things during the war?//**

- 박정희 President Park Jung Hee had contributed to the overall development - 새마음운동 (New mind): a slogan that says "work hard" "help others" "increase the profit of the country" - developed farming - widened roads - changed all of the houses in the countryside
 * //14. How did South Korea recover from the devastating War?//**

- in his generation, it was full of famine and obstacles, but it helped to the overall development of the country - without the help of the UN forces, we would never had become the advance and developed country like today
 * //15. Do you have any last things to say?//**