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Cheju Rebellion in South Korea

Years: 1948-1949
Battle deaths: 17,000 [1]

Nation(s) involved and/or conflict territory [note]
South Korea

Published: 2013-08-03 21:05:32 | Updated: 2014-08-10 22:18:31
The Jeju Uprising (or the Jeju Massacre) was a communist revolt on Jeju island off the south coast of the Korean Peninsula, beginning on April 3, 1948. Between 14,000 and 60,000 individuals were killed in fighting between various factions on the island or were executed. The brutal suppression of this rebellion by the South Korean army resulted in many deaths, the destruction of many villages on the island, and more rebellions on the Korean mainland. The rebellion, which included the mutiny of several hundred members of the South Korean 11th Constabulary Regiment, lasted until May 1949, although small isolated pockets of fighting continued into September 21, 1954. Up to 40,000 residents of Jeju escaped from the fighting to Japan.

Source: Wikipedia, published under the GNU FDL. Retrieved 2014-03-02

SOURCES: FATALITY DATA

Notes on fatalities

[1] Battle deaths: Correlates of War, Non-State War Data v4.0

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NOTE ON NATION DATA

NOTE! Nation data for this war may be inconlusive or incomplete. In most cases it reflects which nations were involved with troops in this war, but in some it may instead reflect the contested territory.

 

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