List of massacres in North Korea

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in North Korea (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Sinchon Massacre Fall 1950, over a 52-day period near Sinchon 35,380 (claimed) [1][2]
Onsong concentration camp riot massacre May 1987 Changpyong, Onsong County, North Hamgyong One-third or all of the ~200 or ~5,000 rioters [3]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 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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