The foundation of the Presidential Truth Commission on Suspicious Deaths -- Commentary on the "Special Act to Reveal the Truth Regarding Suspicious Deaths" -- Organization and operation of the Truth Commission -- Mad dictatorship, time of darkness : cases during the Park Chung-hee regime -- Forced ideological conversion of leftist prisoners -- New military coup in 1980 : Chun Doo-hwan and the Gwangju Massacre -- Labor movement and suspicious deaths -- The democratic movement, the student movement, and suspicious deaths -- Cases of suspicious death in the armed forces -- Military conscription and the greening project -- Incidents of missing persons -- Recommendations.