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Korean Armistice Agreement
Korean Armistice Agreement (정전협정), the July 27, 1953 military ceasefire signed at Panmunjom by the UN Command and the Korean People's Army with Chinese People's Volunteers; no nation signed, no peace treaty followed, and it created the DMZ.
Korean axe murder incident
Korean axe murder incident (판문점 도끼살인사건): killing of US Capt. Bonifas and Lt. Barrett by North Korean soldiers with axes on 18 August 1976 in the Panmunjom JSA over tree trimming, answered by Operation Paul Bunyan.
Korean conflict
The Korean conflict, also called the Inter-Korean conflict or 6·25 War, began on June 25, 1950, and ended in a 1953 armistice with no peace treaty ever signed.
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ): 248 km long, 4 km wide buffer along the Military Demarcation Line, created by the 1953 Armistice; heavily fortified, mine-filled, and an accidental wildlife refuge.
Korean independence movement
Korean independence movement (민족독립운동): Korean resistance to Japanese imperialist rule from the 1876 port openings to liberation on August 15, 1945, spanning righteous armies, the 1919 March First Movement, the Shanghai Provisional Government, and armed exile struggle.
Korean War (한국전쟁)
Korean War (한국전쟁, 6·25 War), 1950–1953 conflict between North Korea (with China, Soviet backing) and South Korea (UN/US-backed), begun June 25, 1950 across the 38th parallel, ended by the July 27, 1953 armistice, still no peace treaty.
Korean, Vietnam and Indochina wars — overview and reference
The Korean, Vietnam, and Indochina wars were connected Cold War conflicts in Asia, including the Korean War (1950–53), the Vietnam War (1954–75), and the Laotian and Cambodian conflicts.
Koriukivka massacre
The Koriukivka massacre (Корюківська трагедія, the Koriukivka tragedy) was the mass murder of about 6,700 civilians by Nazi forces in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, on 1–2 and 9 March 1943.
Kosakenland
Kosakenland (Kosakenland in Nord Italien) was the 1944-45 Cossack-Caucasian settlement in Carnia and Upper Friuli, Italy, granted by Nazi Germany under Operation Ataman in exchange for anti-partisan repression, with capital Tolmezzo.
Kościuszko Uprising
Kościuszko Uprising (insurekcja kościuszkowska): 1794 national insurrection against Russian and Prussian domination of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by Tadeusz Kościuszko; Racławice victory, Proclamation of Połaniec, defeat at Maciejowice, ending with the Third Partition of 1795.
Koshamain's War
Koshamain's War (Koshamain no tatakai) was a 1457 war in southern Hokkaido between the Ainu chieftain Koshamain and Japanese settlers, the first large-scale conflict between them.
Kosiński uprising
The Kosiński uprising of 1591–1593, led by registered Cossack hetman Krzysztof Kosiński, was the first armed Cossack uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, covering Kyiv, Bratslav, Podillia, and Volhynia.
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (1998-1999) was fought between Serbian forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army; NATO's 78-day Operation Allied Force forced Serbian withdrawal, leading to KFOR peacekeepers, UN administration, and Kosovo's 2008 independence.
Kouré shooting
The Kouré shooting was a terrorist attack on 9 August 2020 near Niamey, Niger, in which gunmen killed six French humanitarian workers and two Nigerien colleagues.
Koutougou attack
The Koutougou attack was a jihadist assault on a Burkinabé military detachment at Koutougou, northern Burkina Faso, on 19 August 2019 that killed 24 soldiers.
Kōyasan campaign
The Kōyasan campaign (高野攻め, Kōya-zeme) was Oda Nobunaga's attempt to conquer the Shingon headquarters on Mount Kōya from 1581 to 1582, ended by his death at the Honnō-ji Incident.
Kraków Ghetto
Kraków Ghetto (getto krakowskie): German-established Jewish residential district in Podgórze, Kraków, March 1941 to liquidation March 13–14, 1943; deportations to Bełżec and Auschwitz, Płaszów camp, Schindler factory, ŻOB resistance.
Kraków Uprising
The Kraków Uprising, also called the Kraków Revolution of 1846, was an armed insurrection that broke out in February 1846 in the Free City of Kraków against Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
Kraków-Płaszów (KL Plaszow, Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau) was a German Nazi forced-labor and concentration camp near Kraków, 1942–1945; over 35,000 prisoners, about 6,000 killed, commandant Amon Göth, linked to Schindler's factory, now a memorial museum.
Kresna–Razlog uprising
The Kresna–Razlog uprising (Кресненско-Разложкото въстание) was an 1878–1879 revolt by Bulgarians in northeastern Macedonia against Ottoman rule, responding to the Congress of Berlin and crushed by spring 1879.
Kronstadt rebellion (Кронштадтское восстание)
Kronstadt rebellion (Кронштадтское восстание), also called the Kronstadt Mutiny of 1921: March 1921 uprising by sailors, soldiers, and workers at the Kronstadt naval base on Kotlin Island near Petrograd against the Bolshevik regime, suppressed by the Red Army on 18 March 1921.
Kuki–Naga conflict in Manipur
Kuki–Naga conflict in Manipur: inter-tribal armed conflict, 1992–1997, over land, territory and competing homeland claims (Nagalim vs Kukiland), killing over 1,000; renewed 2026.
Kunduz hospital airstrike
Kunduz hospital airstrike: US AC-130U attack on the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on 3 October 2015, killing at least 42; also called the Kunduz Trauma Centre bombing.
Kunwar Singh (कुँवर सिंह)
Kunwar Singh (कुँवर सिंह), Babu Veer Kunwar Singh, 1777–1858, zamindar of Jagdishpur near Arrah, Bihar, who led the 1857 uprising in western Bihar at age 80, fought at Arrah and Jagdishpur, and died in May 1858 after guerrilla campaigns.
Kupiansk offensive
Russian campaign since late 2023 to retake Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, recaptured by Ukraine in September 2022; Russian forces reached the city center in October 2025 before Ukrainian forces largely retook it in December 2025.
Kurapaty
Kurapaty (Belarusian: Курапаты, Russian: Куропаты) is a wooded tract on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, where mass executions and secret burials took place in 1937–1941.
Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, Partîya Karkêren Kurdistan), Kurdish militant-political organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan in 1978; fought Turkey from 1984, over 40,000 killed; designated terrorist by US, EU, UK, NATO; dissolved armed structure in May 2025.
Kurds in Turkey
Kurds in Turkey, an estimated 18-20 percent of the population, are Turkey's largest ethnic minority. PKK insurgency 1984-2025, assimilationist language policy, and the post-2025 peace process mark the community's history.
Kursk campaign
The Kursk campaign, or Ukrainian invasion of Russia, began on 6 August 2024, when Ukrainian forces seized about 1,000 square kilometers around Sudzha in Kursk Oblast.
Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer (1910-1961), nicknamed Panzermeyer, Waffen-SS general commanding the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend in Normandy; convicted by a Canadian military court at Aurich in 1945 of war crimes against Canadian POWs, death sentence commuted, released 1954.