Ganghwa massacre

{{Short description|1951 massacre in Incheon, South Korea}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

|title=Ganghwa massacre

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|map = {{Location map|South Korea

|width = 200

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|label = Ganghwa

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|mark = Green pog.svg

|lat_deg = 37 |lat_min = 44 |lat_sec = 20

|lon_deg = 126 |lon_min = 29 |lon_sec = 22

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|location=South Korea

|target=Korean People's Army collaborator civilians

|date={{start date|1951|1|6}} – {{end date|1951|1|8}}

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|type=Massacre

|fatalities=212{{cite news

|url=http://www.kyeongin.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=229411#

|script-title=ko:강화교동도 학살•1 '우익단체가 주민 212명 총살' 공식확인 유족 주장 사실로…

|newspaper = Kyeongin Ilbo

|date = 28 February 2006

|accessdate = 2010-07-12

|language=Korean

}} – 1,300{{cite web

|url=http://incheon.kdlp.org/home2007/bbs/board.php?bo_table=c01_01&wr_id=2084&page=4

|script-title=ko:강화지역 민간인 학살 희생자 고유제 및 추모제

|publisher=Democratic Labor Party of Incheon

|date=20 October 2009

|accessdate=2010-07-12

|language=Korean

}}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|perps= South Korean forces, South Korean Police forces and pro-South Korean militiamen

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The Ganghwa massacre ({{korean|hangul=강화 양민학살 사건|hanja=江華良民虐殺事件}}) was a massacre conducted by the South Korean forces, South Korean Police forces and pro-South Korean militiamen, between 6 and 9 January 1951, of 212 to 1,300 unarmed civilians in the Ganghwa county of the Incheon metropolitan city in South Korea. The victims were so-called collaborators with the Korean People's Army during North Korean occupation. Before this massacre, 140 people were executed in Ganghwa as part of the Bodo League massacre in 1950.{{cite news

|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/south-korea-owns-up-to-brutal-past/2008/11/14/1226318928410.html?page=2

|title=South Korea owns up to brutal past

|newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald

|date = 15 November 2008

|accessdate = 2010-07-14

}}

In 2003, a history book describing the massacre was published by the Ganghwa Culture Center. On 26 February 2006, the National Archives of Korea admitted a 30 August 1951 official document in which then Attorney General Jo Jinman reported to then-Prime Minister Chang Myon about the massacre. On 17 July 2008, the South Korean governmental Truth and Reconciliation Commission acknowledged the civilian massacre.{{cite news

|url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917736

|title=Ganghwa fighters seek the truth Men who defended island during Korean War look to clear up heated controversy

|newspaper = JoongAng Daily

|date = 13 March 2010

|accessdate = 2010-07-14

}}