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  2. Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Namyangju massacre - Wikipedia

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    Location of Namyangju within Gyeonggi-do. 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.

  4. List of massacres in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Goyang - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Gyeonggi Province - Wikipedia

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    Gyeonggi Province has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period. Ever since King Onjo, the founder of Baekje (one of the three kingdoms), founded the government in Wiryeseong of Hanam, the Han River Valley was absorbed into Goguryeo in the mid-fifth century, and became Silla's territory in the year 553 (the 14th ...

  7. Capital punishment in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of war crimes - Wikipedia

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    South Korea The Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre (Korean: 고양 금정굴 민간인 학살 [135] [136] Hanja: 高陽衿井窟民間人虐殺 [135] [136] Goyang Geunjeong Cave civilian massacre [135] [136]) was a massacre conducted by the police officers of Goyang Police Station of the South Korean Police under the commanding of head of Goyang ...

  9. Queen Jeongseong - Wikipedia

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    The Queen died at Changdeok Palace on 3 April 1757, and is buried in Seoreung within Hongreung in Yongdu-gong, Deokyang ward, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. King Yeongjo had her buried near his father, Sukjong of Joseon, in Myeongreung. But because her tomb was built before her husband died, King Yeongjo reserved a spot next her mound intending to ...