List of massacres in North Korea
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in North Korea (numbers may be approximate):[a]
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrator | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinchon Massacre | Fall 1950, over a 52-day period | near Sinchon | 35,380 (North Korean claim) |
| North Korea claims that the U.S. engaged in a large massacre that occurred over a 52 day period in Sinchon, North Korea.[3][4] |
Sunchon tunnel massacre | October 1950 | Pyongyang | 68 | North Korea | [5][6] |
Onsong concentration camp riot massacre | May 1987 | Changpyong, Onsong County, North Hamgyong | One-third or all of the ~200 or ~5,000 rioters | North Korea | [7] |
See also
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References
- ^ Richter, Elihu D.; Berman, Tamar. "Terror, democide, mass violence: Epidemiologic approaches to causation, early warning systems and prevention". Epidemiology. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Rummel, R.J. "Statistics of Democide". Hawaii.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Kim, Dong-Choon (December 2004). "Forgotten war, forgotten massacres—the Korean War (1950–1953) as licensed mass killings". Journal of Genocide Research. 6 (4): 536. doi:10.1080/1462352042000320592. S2CID 74141018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [1] Report of the committee on government operations made through its permanent subcommittee on investigations by its subcommittee on Korean War atrocities pursuant to S. Res. 40 (USA.gov)
- ^ "7 horrifying atrocities of the Korean War". We Are The Mighty. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ Kang Chol-hwan (11 December 2002). "5,000 Prisoners Massacred at Onsong Concentration Camp in 1987". Digital Chosun-Ibo. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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