Expulsion or deportation
Open on the mapNational Defense Corps Incident
11 Dec 1950 – 30 Apr 1951 · 36.00° N, 128.00° E
What the records say
- When
- 11 Dec 1950 – 30 Apr 1951
- Kind
- Expulsion or deportation
- Deaths
- 50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.00° N, 128.00° E
- Description
- incident that occurred in the winter of 1951 during the Korean War (death of retreating troops due to corruption)
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
National Defense Corps incident
Death march that occurred in the winter of 1951 during the Korean War
The National Defense Corps Incident was a death march that occurred in South Korea during the Korean War between December 1950 and February 1951. An estimated 50,000 to 120,000 conscripts died from malnutrition and frostbite as a result of corruption in the government of President Syngman Rhee.
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