The No Gun Ri incident occurred during July 1950, in the early years of the Korean War. The incident laid buried in history until Chung Eun Yong (1923-2014), committed to the telling the story in his 1994 memoir, Do You Know Our Pain? (Geudae, uriui apeumeul aneunga). The publication of Chung's account led to a decades long journey for education, truth, and reconciliation, that continues to this day. Chung's decision to break the silence with his 1994 account ultimately led to changes in the law in South Korea, including the agreement to build the No Gun Ri Peace Park and Memorial in Yeongdong, South Korea (in 2011). The No Gun Ri Peace Park is committed to the project of building a more just and humane world, and does so through a variety of educational programs. Dr. Chung Koo Do, the son of Chung Eun Yong, has labored tirelessly for these reforms and currently serves as the President of the No Gun Ri International Peace Foundation. In 2025, Dr. Chung was nominated as a "Human Rights Defender" by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

In 2025, the 75th anniversary of this incident, and of the Korean War a whole, the Cora di Brazzà Foundation produced the first publicly available English translation of Chung's memoir. The English translation, titled "Forgotten Pain: An Untold Story of the Korean War", assists one in "entering the forest" of the Korean War at a place where one can "exit" in the present, with current initiatives such as the No Gun Ri Peace Park and the Duty to Remember.

For a timeline of the incident, beginning from 1950 (the date of the incident), to 2025, click here. it is advised to look at this timeline first, and then view the videos below.

Included are links to original video footage of three related incidents in the history of the No Gun Ri incident:

1) The No Gun Ri Victims in 1999 (in Cincinnati, Ohio);

2) The No Gun Ri Victims Association at a public rally in 2000 (in Seoul, South Korea);

3) The U.S. Department of Defense Press Conference (2001), in which the conclusions of the U.S. investigation are discussed (below)