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)	South Korea   North Korea (South Korean claim)   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

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

Notes

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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