A number of civilians were massacred in Hamhung, North Korea, in October 1950 by communists before North Korean troops withdrew during the Incheon landings by Allied forces beginning September 15, 1950, in the Korean War. Survivors are trying to find the bodies of their relatives.

　　A number of civilians were massacred in Hamhung, North Korea, in October 1950 by communists before North Korean troops withdrew during the Incheon landings by Allied forces beginning September 15, 1950, in the Korean War. Survivors are trying to find the bodies of their relatives. At the massacre site, only the bodies of the victims were buried. The Koreans massacred their own people with guns and bamboo spears. At the time of the Korean War, the corpses were accumulated by the retreating North Korean People's Army in the Hamhung area, which ruthlessly massacred Hamhung residents. More than 300 corpses were found in the caves around the area alone.

　The Hamheung Massacre was a massacre in the city of Hamheung, South Hamgyeong Province, under the direction of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung. The number of victims is estimated to be about 12,000 (excluding abductees and missing persons). The massacre was carried out mainly through shooting, well burial, and dialysis. In the case of the air-raid shelter at Mt. The number of victims was as follows: 700 were massacred in Hamhung Prison, 200 in the basement of Chungnyeongtaek, 300 in the three basements where the Political Security Department was located, 6,000 in the nickel mine in Deoksan, and over 8,000 in the air-raid shelter in Hallyongsan.

　The Korean War lasted three years and one month, and the human casualties from the war reached approximately 4.5 million, including civilians. Of the total, the South suffered about 2 million casualties, including about 1 million civilians, while the Communist camp suffered an estimated 2.5 million casualties, including 1 million civilians.

　The number of South and North Korean soldiers killed in action was 227,748 by South Korean forces, 33,629 by U.S. forces, and 3,194 by other UN forces, while the exact number of casualties by Chinese People's Support Units and North Korean forces has not yet been confirmed. During the Korean War, 43% of South Korea's industrial facilities and 33% of its housing were completely destroyed. In accordance with Article 60 of the Armistice Agreement, political talks for a political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue were held in Geneva in April 1954 in the presence of the Republic of Korea, the 16 UN participating countries, and North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union. The ROK and the UN allies insisted on holding free general elections under the supervision of the UN, with proportional representation of the indigenous populations of the North and South Koreas, and the establishment of a democratic unified government as a result. The communist side insisted only on the withdrawal of U.N. troops from South Korea, and no agreement was reached. The talks broke down in June of the same year, and to this day, there is no permanent peace between the two Koreas, but rather a ceasefire.