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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.
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.
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
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 ...
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 ...
After his death, Seongjong firstly gave him a posthumous name as Gong-gan (공간; 恭簡) then changed into Hyo-Mun (효문; 孝文).After his death, the Prince was buried in 427, Sinwon-ri, Wondang-myeon, Goyang-gun, Gyeonggi Province (now is Sinwon-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, South Korea) alongside his wife, Grand Princess Consort Seungpyeong.
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.
Just before his death in 1469, Joseon started to prohibit all trade with Japan. Yi Hwang also granted common farmers the right to cultivate fields which originally belonged to the military. He died shortly before his 20th birthday and was buried alongside his second wife, Queen Ansun, in the Seooneung Cluster located in Goyang, Gyeonggi ...