PAST TENSION

• 21 JAN 68: 28 commandos killed in Seoul trying to assassinate South Korean President.

• 01 NOV 75: 60 commandos captured/killed infiltrating South Korea.

• AUG 76: 2 Army Officers brutally killed at Pammunjom

• 09 OCT 83: 3 commandos kill 18 South Korean officials in Burma

• NOV 87: 2 agents place bomb on Korean Air Liner flight 858 with all 115 passengers dying

• JUL 97: nK soldiers enter DMZ

• Oct 97: nK soldiers capture two South Korean farmers along DMZ

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NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM AND HAS CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ACTS OF INFILTRATION, ASSASSINATION, AND BOMBINGS IN THE PAST AGAINST THE SOUTH. LISTED HERE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT. TWO OF THE MOST NOTEABLE EVENTS HAPPENED ON AUG 76, WITH THE TORTURE AND KILLING OF TWO ARMY OFFICERS NEAR THE DMZ (THESE TWO OFFICERS WERE BRUTALLY CHOPPED TO DEATH), AND THE ATTEMPTED INFILTRATION OF TWO NORTH KOREAN AGENTS IN NOV 95 INTO KUNSAN AIR BASE.

IN EARLY JULY 1997, NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS ENTERED INTO THE DMZ AND ADVANCED TOWARDS A ROK GUARD POST. ROK SOLDIERS FIRE UPON THEM AND INJURIED OR KILLED SOME OF THE nK SOLDIERS.

IN OCT 97, TWO ROK FARMERS WERE CAPTURED ALONG THE DMZ FOR ASSUMELY CROSSING OVER INTO nK TERRORITY. THE WERE RELEASED TO UNITED NATIONS OFFICALS ONE WEEK LATER.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE’S STILL QUITE A BIT OF TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.