South Korea: Political Violence and Demonstration Counts by Month

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in South Korea. The data is organized into country-year and country-month summaries to track conflict trends over time. This XLSX resource serves as a high-level monitoring tool for civil unrest and political instability.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in political violence counts to identify periods of instability
• Comparing civilian-targeting frequencies against demonstration totals to assess the nature of unrest
• Forecasting conflict levels using country-month historical aggregates

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency ensures temporal relevance
• Categorized by specific event types including political violence and demonstrations
• Produced by ACLED, a specialized authority in conflict research

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks specific geographic coordinates or actor names for individual incidents
• Full event-level data is restricted and requires external registration and API access

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict event reports and media monitoring

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

South Korea