National Defense Corps incident
Death march that occurred in the winter of 1951 during the Korean War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Defense Corps Incident was a death march that occurred between December 1950 and February 1951, during the Korean War, as a result of corruption.[1] (Incident refers to both the deaths from starvation during the retreat and the corruption which led to the deaths.)[1]
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Part of the Korean War | |
Date | December 1950 – February 1951 |
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Cause | Inadequate supplies due to embezzlement of funds |
Convicted | Kim Yoon Keun and four other officers |
Sentence | Death by firing squad |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 국민방위군 사건 |
Hanja | 國民防衛軍事件 |
Revised Romanization | Gungminbangwigun Sageon |
McCune–Reischauer | Kungminbangwigun Sagŏn |
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