List of massacres in South Korea

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in South Korea.

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Asan massacre 1950 Asan 200+ Committed by SK police, Korean Youth League and Taeguki Alliance.
Autumn Uprising of 1946 1946, September–October South Korea 38 policemen, 163 civil workers, and 73 civilians
Bodo League massacre 1950, Summer South Korea 100,000–200,000 Mass murder of communists and suspected communist sympathizers
Bloody Gulch massacre 1950, August 12 Masan 75
Chaplain-Medic Massacre 1950, 7 (Jul) 16 Tunam 31 POWs Victims included 1 chaplain. 1 survivor of massacre
December Massacres 1950, December Seoul thousands Massacre of suspected communists
Ganghwa massacre 1951, Jan 6-9 Ganghwa County 212–1300
Geochang massacre 1951, Feb 9–11 Geochang 719
Jeongeup massacre 1950, September Jeongeup 167 North Korean forces murdered numerous Protestants and right-wingers.
Nonsan massacre 1950, September 27–28 Nonsan 66 North Korean soldiers executed 66 members of a Protestant Church.
Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre 1950, 10 (Oct) 9-31 Goyang over 153
Hangang Bridge bombing 1950, 28 June Hangang Bridge in Seoul 500–1,000
Hill 303 Massacre 1950, Aug 17 Waegwan 41 POWs
Jeju Uprising 1948, Apr 3 Jeju island 25,000–30,000 Killed about 1/5 of the island's population
Mungyeong massacre 1949 Dec 24 Mungyeong 86–88
Namyangju Massacre 1950, 10 (Oct)-early 1951 Namyangju over 460
National Defense Corps Incident 1950, December 50,000–90,000
No Gun Ri Massacre 1950, Jul 26–29 No Gun Ri 163–400 US Army 7th U.S. Cav.
Sancheong-Hamyang massacre 1951, Feb 7 Sancheong and Hamyang 705 Perpetrators-South Korean Army
Seoul National University Hospital massacre 1950, 28 June Seoul 700-900 Perpetrators-North Korean People's Army
Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion 1948, October - October However pockets of resistance lasted through to 1957, almost 10 years later. Yeosu, Suncheon 2,976-3,392
Hongcheon shooting 1958, January 23 Hongcheon, Gangwon 7 (Including the perpetrator) A army captain Cho Sang Kook kills six people in Hongcheon during the night of January 23, 1958.
Bloody Tuesday 1960, April 19 Seoul 186
Blue House raid 1968, January 17 - 29 Blue House, Seoul 59 Failed assassination attempt of Park Chung Hee by Unit 124
Wonju shooting 1969, June 5 Wonju, Gangwon Province 6 (Including the perpetrator) 5-6 Wounded
Kimpo killings 1971, January 18 Kimpo 7 (Including the perpetrator) Killing spree by South Korean marine
Unit 684 mutiny 1971, August 23 Silmido and Seoul 38
1974 Kimpo killings 1974, May 1 Kimpo 11 (Including the perpetrator)
Assassination of Park Chung Hee 1979, October 26 Blue House, Seoul 6 The incident is often referred to as "10.26" or the "10.26 incident"
Gwangju Democratization Movement 1980, May 18–27 Kwangju over 165 Civil/Political
Uiryeong massacre 1982, April 26–27 Uiryeong County 62 (plus 1 perp.) Shooting spree by a former marine
Cho Jun-hui Incident 1984, June 26 Goseong County, Gangwon 15+ Perpetrator attacked his military camp, then fled across the border after the massacre
Gimpo International Airport bombing 1986, September 14 Gangseo District, Seoul 5 Bombing of airport by North Korea
Odaeyang mass suicide 1987, August 28 Yongin, Gyeonggi Province 32 Mass suicide
Frog Boys case 1991, March 26 Daegu 5 Unsolved homicide of 5 boys
Daegu Nightclub Arson 1991, October 17 Daegu 16 Attack on a nightclub, 13 Wounded
Daegu subway fire 2003, February 18 Jungangno station, Daegu 192 Deadliest mass murder committed by a single perpetrator
2005 Yeoncheon shooting 2005, June 19 Yeoncheon County 8 private Kim Dong-min threw a grenade with a pin released at the interior office and fired a gun, killing eight people and injuring two others, known to the Korean public as the "Kim Il-byeong Incident."
Nonhyeon-dong massacre 2008, October 20 Nonhyeon, Seoul 6 Arson and stabbing attack
Ganghwa Island shooting 2011, July 4 Ganghwa County 4
Goseong killing spree 2014, June 21 Goseong County, Gangwon Province 5 Rampage by a South Korean soldier
Sejong and Hwaseong shootings 2015, 25–27 February Sejong, Hoseo and Hwaseong, Gyeonggi 8 (including both perpetrators) Two separate mass murder-suicides two days apart
Gunsan Bar arson attack 2018 June Gunsan, North Jeolla Province 5 28 injured
Daegu office fire 2022, June 9 Daegu 7 (including the suspect) 49 Wounded

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