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A retrial of the case was reopened in late 2011. While six of the seven perpetrators could not be re-indicted due to the ex post facto clause (the original statute of limitations had already expired before the new law passed), one administrator who had fled was extradited from New Zealand and imprisoned. Furthermore, the Gwangju Inhwa School was permanently shut down.

To this day, some survivors of the Gwangju Inhwa School abuse are still alive. Many have spoken publicly about the Silenced 2011 film, and their reactions are complex. Some feel the film retraumatized them. Others have expressed gratitude that the world finally believes them. One survivor famously said: "I don't need an apology. I need the law to be so strong that no child ever has to cry as I did." Silenced 2011 Film

The film’s immediate impact was unprecedented. Upon its release in September 2011, internet portals were flooded with petitions. Public anger, which had subsided after the 2005 trial, was reignited with explosive force. Within a month of the film’s release: A retrial of the case was reopened in late 2011