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Location of Goyang in Gyeonggi-do. The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre (Korean: 고양 금정굴 민간인 학살; Hanja: 高陽衿井窟民間人虐殺; lit. Goyang Geunjeong Cave civilian massacre [1] [4]) was a massacre of over 153 unarmed civilians conducted between 9 October 1950 and 31 October 1950 by police in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do district of South Korea.
The Namyangju massacre (Korean: 남양주 민간인학살, [1] [2] Hanja: 南楊州民間人虐殺 [1] [2] Namyangju civilian massacre [1] [2]) was a mass killing conducted by South Korean police and local militia forces between October 1950 and early 1951 in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do district of South Korea. More than 460 people were summarily ...
Goyang (Korean: 고양; Korean pronunciation:) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, with a population of just over 1 million.
A group of tombs in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, it holds Changneung (창릉) (King Yejong and his second wife, Queen Ansun), Hongneung (홍릉) (Queen Jeongseong, first wife of King Yeongjo; not to be confused with the resting place of Empress Myeongseong and Emperor Gojong in Namyangju), Gyeongneung (경릉) (Crown Prince Uigyeong, who was ...
Crown Prince Sado (1735–1762), having died of starvation at the order of his father King Yeongjo, was buried on Baebongsan Mountain in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province. In 1789, his body was moved to its current location, then called Hyeollyungwon (현륭원), by his son King Jeongjo. In 1816, Sado's wife, Lady Hyegyeong, was buried with him.
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 [24] [25] Daegu subway fire: 2003, February 18 Jungangno station, Daegu: 192
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. As of August 2023, there were 59 people on death row in South Korea. [1] The method of execution is hanging. However, there has been an informal moratorium on executions since President Kim Dae-jung took office in 1998. There have been no executions in the country since December 1997.
South Korea; Provinces; North Chungcheong; South Chungcheong; ... Gyeonggi Province (Gyeonggi-do) is divided into 28 cities ... Goyang: 938,784 267.31 3,512.0 Gunpo: