North Korea Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Totals through 2026

This conflict-violence dataset from ACLED tracks political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in North Korea through March 2026. Data is provided as weekly updated aggregates organized by country-year and country-month intervals.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in political violence using country-year counts
• Monitoring monthly fluctuations in civilian-targeting incidents
• Correlating demonstration frequency with regional geopolitical shifts

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Aggregated by country-year and country-month
• Sourced from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks specific event coordinates or dates
• Requires external registration for granular data
• Limited to reported events in a highly restricted information environment

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict event monitoring

Time Range

Up to 2026

Freshness

Weekly update frequency.

Geography

North Korea