No Gun Ri

English

Alternative forms
  • Nogeun-ri, Nogun-ri, Nogeun Ri, Nogun Ri
  • Nogeun Village, No Gun Village, Nogun Village

Etymology

From Korean 노근리(老斤里) (Nogeulli).

Proper noun

No Gun Ri

  1. A village in Hwanggan Township, Yeongdong, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
    • 2014 August 22, Douglas Martin, “Chung Eun-yong,Who Helped Expose U.S. Killings of Koreans, Dies at 91”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 26, 2014, Asia Pacific‎:
      Over the years Mr. Chung — who died on Aug. 1 at 91 at his home in Daejeon, South Korea — amassed evidence that American troops had systematically killed more than 100, and possibly as many as 400, civilian refugees early in the Korean War near a railroad bridge outside the South Korean village of No Gun Ri.
  2. Ellipsis of No Gun Ri massacre. (A war crime that occurred near the village)

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No Gun Ri massacre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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