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The Tokyo Charter defines war crimes as "violations of the laws or customs of war," [22] which involves acts using prohibited weapons, violating battlefield norms while engaging in combat with the enemy combatants, or against protected persons, [23] including enemy civilians and citizens and property of neutral states as in the case of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The number of Koreans who were sacrificed by the Japanese army's massacre that lasted for 3 to 4 months, would have been many more. [5] As public opinion toward the Japanese military worsened both at home and abroad due to the Gyeongshin Disaster, the Japanese decided to withdraw the main force from Gando on 20 December.
The Japanese Governor-General of Korea paid out Japanese ¥ 200 (1923) (equivalent to ¥ 98,969 or US$908 in 2019) [44] in compensation to 832 families of massacre victims, although the Japanese government on the mainland only admitted to about 250 deaths. [45]
There were numerous atrocities and massacres of civilians throughout the Korean War committed by both sides, starting in the war's first days. In 2005–2010, a South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigated atrocities and other human rights violations through much of the 20th century, from the Japanese colonial period through ...
Pages in category "Japanese war crimes in Korea" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Japanese lieutenant responsible was disciplined, but a group of senior officers decided to attribute the incident to resistance by local people. [ 6 ] In his diary, Japanese commander Taro Utsunomiya wrote that the incident would hurt the reputation of the Japanese Empire and acknowledged that the Japanese soldiers committed murder and ...
Committed by SK police, Korean Youth League and Taeguki Alliance. [1] Autumn Uprising of 1946: 1946, September–October South Korea: 38 policemen, 163 civil workers, and 73 civilians Bodo League massacre: 1950, Summer South Korea: 100,000–200,000 Mass murder of communists and suspected communist sympathizers [2] [3] Bloody Gulch massacre ...
The assassination is highly contentious in Korea, where it is remembered as a symbol of Japan's historical atrocities on the peninsula. [13] Information about the assassination comes from a variety of sources, including the memoirs of some of the assassins, [3] the testimonies of foreigners who witnessed varying parts of the attack, [13] [14] the testimonies of Korean eyewitnesses, [15 ...