In the Korean War, about 245 thousand civilians were killed on the South Korean side and about 282 thousand on the North Korean side.
As one of the largest proxy wars after the World War II, the Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended with an armistice in 1953. The Korean war ended with millions of causalities.
Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953
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Wounded
Missing
Captured
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Institute for Military History. (June 30, 2014). Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131626/korean-war-civilian-casualties/
Institute for Military History. "Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953." Chart. June 30, 2014. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131626/korean-war-civilian-casualties/
Institute for Military History. (2014). Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131626/korean-war-civilian-casualties/
Institute for Military History. "Number of Civilian Casualties during The Korean War from 1950 to 1953." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131626/korean-war-civilian-casualties/
Institute for Military History, Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131626/korean-war-civilian-casualties/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 [Graph], Institute for Military History, June 30, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131626/korean-war-civilian-casualties/