Pongam POW Riots

Issue No.

53/1

Date Released

1 Jan 1952

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1 / 4

Summary

4,000 red civilian internees riot on Pongam Island, South Korea. 84 prisoners are killed when U.N. troops go in to break them up.

Keywords

Prisoners of war

Locations

Korea

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Warner-Pathe

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