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

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Sinchon Massacre | Fall 1950, over a 52-day period  | near Sinchon | 35,380 (North Korean claim)  |

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* 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]

## See also

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* Mass killings in North Korea
* List of massacres in South Korea

## 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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