



Yemeni refugees are waiting for human rights consultations at the Jeju Migrant Center in Jeju City on the southwestern resort island of Jeju, Friday. They are among more than 500 Yemenis who arrived there recently to apply for refugee status after fleeing their war-torn country. South Koreans are sharply divided over whether to grant them refugee status. /Yonhap



By Miliann Kang



Understanding Jeju's complex and buried history can provide context for and connections to the current Yemeni refugee crisis.



What is the April 3 Jeju Uprising (sometimes abbreviated 4.3)? Why Are Yemeni refugees coming to Jeju? How are these two very distant and disparate events connected?



