List of massacres in North Korea

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 South Korea United States Air Force (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]

Notes

^ Note that while large democides have been reported to have occurred in North Korea, individual massacres are rarely named and identified separately.^[1]^[2]

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.{{cite web}}: 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.

[3] Note that while large democides have been reported to have occurred in North Korea, individual massacres are rarely named and identified separately.^[1]^[2]

[1] Richter, Elihu D.; Berman, Tamar. "Terror, democide, mass violence: Epidemiologic approaches to causation, early warning systems and prevention". Epidemiology. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[2] Rummel, R.J. "Statistics of Democide". Hawaii.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[Kim2004-4] 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.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] [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] "7 horrifying atrocities of the Korean War". We Are The Mighty. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[chosun-8] 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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