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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]

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ [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)
  6. ^ "7 horrifying atrocities of the Korean War". We Are The Mighty. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  7. ^ 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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