DOCUMENTS RELATED TO 228 INCIDENT DECLASSIFIED|228檔案全解密 137萬頁資料將數位化

The National Development Council has announced that, in time for the 70th anniversary of the 228 incident, all documents collected by the National Archives Administration related to the massacre have been declassified. The documents total about 1.37 million pages and are over 228 meters in length if laid out end to end. Starting on March 1st, work will begin to analyze, index, and digitize the documents for future reference and use. These old letters and documents are a record of Taiwan's history. In time for the 70th anniversary of the 228 incident, the National Development Council has announced that all documents related to the massacre in the National Archives have been declassified. The documents are over 228 meters in length laid out end to end, and comprise 1.37 million pages. Over 4600 documents previously classified as secret have also been declassified. Work to analyze, index, and digitize the documents will begin on March 1st. President Tsai Ing-wen said in a Facebook post that achieving transitional justice is one of the country's most important priorities as a democracy. She said that these documents are a path to better understanding history, and talked about the number of documents collected, international efforts to work on the archives, and the documents that have been declassified early. Civil groups are also holding a number of events in observation of the 228 anniversary. Academics from Jeju, Korea have been invited to Taiwan to discuss the similarities and differences between the 228 incident in 1947 and the Jeju Uprising in 1948, as well as the repercussions of these events. ==CHU LI-HSI CEO, Korean Studies Academy== (After 228), martial law was declared in Taiwan starting on May 19, 1949. It lasted for 38 years, the longest period of martial law in the world. Similarly, the Jeju Uprising was a forbidden topic for 40 years. ==PARK CHAN-SIK Jeju Scholar== In the process of dealing with the 228 and the April 3rd (Jeju Uprising) incidents, the people of Taiwan and Jeju are all concerned with one question: whether the autonomy of Taiwan and Jeju can be more actively pushed forward with our new leaders. On the Korean side, we are concerned with the possibility of a new political authority. The hope is that both sides can be reborn through this process. It took decades in both Taiwan and Jeju for the taboo on discussing these important events to disappear, and a process to discover the truth begin. Academics hope that a closer look at these historical traumas can help achieve transitional justice. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 228事件今年屆滿70週年，國發會在今天表示，檔案管理局所徵集典藏的228事件檔案，已經全數解密，內容有超過228公尺、大約是137萬頁的資料，後續將從3月1號開始，啟動檔案內容分析、索引編製以及數位化工作，希望未來，能方便各界查詢利用。 老舊信件檔案，滿佈台灣歲月痕跡。228事件屆滿70週年，國發會表示，檔案管理局所徵集典藏的228事件檔案，已經全數解密。 內容大約有228公尺長、相當於137萬頁資料。而原本列為密件檔案的，有4600多件，也全數解密，將在3月1號，啟動內容分析和索引編製以及數位化的工作。 總統蔡英文，在臉書PO文表示，轉型正義，是最重要的民主工程之一，要透過這些檔案，來尋找歷史；同時也列舉目前的檔案數量、跨海合作、提前解密的檔案等資訊。 民間團體也因應228到來，展開相關活動，並邀請韓國濟州學者來台參與座談，探討1947年台灣228事件、1948年濟州43事件的相似、相異處，以及後續影響。 ==知韓文化協會執行長 朱立熙== （228之後)從1949年5月19號 開始的 長達38年的戒嚴 全世界最長的戒嚴 那麼濟州43 也是40年的禁忌 談都不能談 ==濟州學者 朴贊殖== 在解決228和 43事件問題的過程當中 台灣人和濟州人 其實都在注視一個問題 就是台灣和濟州的自治 究竟是否能夠隨著 我們新的執政者 有更積極的行動 或是說 以韓國的情況來看 是否有孕育出一個新的政權 這樣的可能性 希望能夠透過這樣的過程 兩方都能獲得重生 類似的歷史事件發生後，台灣和濟州，都過了數十年時間，才解除談論「禁令」，並開始調查真相。學者希望，透過歷史傷痕的檢視，能讓「轉型正義」持續進行。 記者 台北綜合報導