Talk:Cho Man-sik
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Execution[edit]
The best source I have on his fate is here:
Note footnote 80. His ultimate fate is not documented. This reference makes it clear we cannot say for certain he was executed. Mindme (talk) 14:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
- This is a good point. I appear to have picked up the date 15 October 1950 from the Korean article, and this article should probably be changed. In 2002, Lankov presumes Cho's death, and relates how this story came to the West. This recent story speaks of his execution in 1950, though it's not as definitive a source as either of the two books we've listed. Most commentators do seem to accept that he was executed during the Korean War. What do you suggest for this article? Something like "he was thought likely to have been executed", or something else? (I took the liberty of formatting the link in your post, hope you didn't mind; feel free to revert me.) Regards, — BillC talk 20:51, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks Bill. In the Koryo Hotel w/u I wrote "When United Nations forces threatened to overrun Pyongyang in October 1950, it is thought he was executed." with a ref to the google book view. Mindme (talk) 14:40, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Taekwon-do[edit]
The two sentences in the Legacy section concerning the taekwon-do form named after Cho were removed; I have reinstated them. The text, at only two sentences or (8%), was certainly not disproportionate to the rest of the article. Moreover, in the twenty-first century, this is probably the thing Cho is now most famous for. — BillC talk 00:47, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
- The first item under legacy could use a source. The sentence:
- The taekwondo form Ko-Dang was named in honour of Cho Man-sik, though it was replaced in a controversial move by the form Juche in the early 1980s