Introduction : conceiving state violence, justice, and transition in East Asia / Sung Chull Kim and N. Ganesan -- Interpreting state violence in Asian settings / Vince Boudreau -- From the streets to the National Assembly : democratic transition and demands for truth about Kwangju in South Korea / Namhee Lee -- Unsettled state violence in Japan : the Okinawa incident / Hayashi Hirofumi -- Popular views of state violence in China : the Tinanmen incident / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess -- Mass atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge reign of terror / Sorpong Peou -- Counterrevolutionary violence in Indonesia / Douglas Kammen -- Getting away with murder in Thailand : state violence and impunity in Phatthalung / Tyrell Haberkorn -- The end of an illusion : the Mendiola massacre and political transition in post-Marcos Philippines / Rommel A. Curaming -- The four-eights democratic movement and political repression in Myanmar / Kyaw Yin Hlaing -- Conclusion : comparing state violence and reconciliation across East Asia / N. Ganesan and Sung Chull Kim.