Mungyeong massacre

Mungyeong massacre
North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
Location	Korea
Date	24 December 1949
Target	Communist sympathizer civilians
Attack type	Massacre
Death(s)	86[1] - 88[2][3]
Perpetrator(s)	Syngman Rhee anticommunist forces

The Mungyeong massacre (Korean: 문경 양민학살 사건,^[1] Hanja: 聞慶良民虐殺事件) was a massacre conducted by a unit of the South Korean Army on 24 December 1949 of 86 to 88 unarmed citizens in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang district of South Korea, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were children and elderly people.^{[2][verification needed][1][verification needed][3][verification needed]} The victims included 32 children.^{[1][verification needed]} The victims were massacred because they were collaborators of communist marauding bands.^{[4][verification needed][not in citation given]} However, the South Korean government blamed the crime on communist marauding bands for decades.^{[3][verification needed][not in citation given]}

On 26 June 2006, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Korea concluded that the massacre was committed by the South Korean Army.^{[3][verification needed]} On 10 February 2009, the South Korean general court decided that charging the South Korean government with the massacre was barred by a statute of limitations.^{[3][verification needed][4][verification needed][vague]}

See also

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Korea)
• Bodo League massacre
• Jeju Uprising
• List of massacres in South Korea

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "`문경 양민학살 특별법` 제정 청원". JoongAng Daily. 2004-08-16. http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?ctg=12&Total_ID=376190. Retrieved 2010-07-08. (Korean)
2. ^ ^{a b} "민간인학살 울산-문경 두 판결문 비교". 경남도민일보. 2009-02-16. http://www.idomin.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=279392. Retrieved 2010-07-08. (Korean)
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "두 민간인 학살 사건, 상반된 판결 왜 나왔나?'울산보도연맹' - '문경학살사건' 판결문 비교분석해 봤더니...". OhmyNews. 2009-02-17. http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/view/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001070694. Retrieved 2010-07-08. (Korean)
4. ^ ^{a b} "'과거사 사건' 12건 배상액 1810억원". Chosun Ilbo. 2009-10-26. http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/25/2009102500747.html. Retrieved 2010-07-08. (Korean)

External links

• (Korean) 국가범죄 '문경학살사건' 항소심서도 패소 판결 CBS 2009-08-06