| 1950s |
Kidnapped KNA
in Feb. 16, 1958. -Carried away by 5 people 24 people out of 32 flyers
were repatriated on March 6, 1958 |
| 1960s |
9/5/67 |
Bombing of Kyongwon
Railways |
| 1/21/68 |
Kim Shin-jo and
30-member squad infiltrated the Presidential House to assasinate President
Park |
| 1/23/68 |
USS Pueblo was
kidnapped to the North by 2 MIG fighters and 3 quard ships in the East
Sea (82 crewmen were all repatriated in Dec. 1968) |
| 10/30/68 |
Infiltration into
Uljin and Samchok area The squads were on the loose until Nov. 18 |
| 4/15/69 |
US reconnaisance
plane EC-121 was gunned down by a North Korean fighter. All the crew
died. |
| 12/11/69 |
KAL's YS-11 was
kidnapped by a North Korean special agent, Cho Chang-hee. 39 out of
51 flyers were repatriated on February 14, 1970. 12 passengers including
crews were not repatriated. |
| 1970s |
6/5/70 |
A naval vessel
was kidnapped in waters off Yeonpyongdo Island by a North Korean guard
ship (20 crewmen were detained) |
| 6/22/70 |
Bombing of the National
Cemetary. Botched incident took place when 2 North Korean agents installed
bombs to assasinate figures participating in the 6.25 memorial ceremony.
Their efforts failed. |
| 2/15/74 |
A fishing boat,
"Soowon" was gunned down. 30 fishermen were kidnapped. |
| 8/15/74 |
Tried to assasinate
President Park, but in vain North Korean agent, Moon Sae-kwang was the second generation
of a pro-North resident in Japan under the guidance of North Korea.
(First Lady Yook Young-soo passed away) |
| 11/15/74 |
1st underground
tunnel discovered (Korangpo) |
| 3/19/75 |
2nd underground
tunnel discovered (Chulwon) |
| 8/18/76 |
30 North Korean
soldiers wielded axes in Truce Village. 2 U.S. soldiers died and 8
U.N. security guards were seriously wounded) |
| 10/27/78
|
3rd underground
tunnel discovered (Truce Village) |
| 1980s |
8/26/81 |
A U.S. reconnaisance
fighter, SR-71 attacked by missile, 10/9/83 Bombing of the Rangoon Cemetry
in Burma to assasinate President Chun Doo-hwan (17 members of the presidential entourage
were killed) |
| 11/23/84 |
Shoot-out
in Truce Village (1 North Korean guard, 1 U.N. guard were killed) |
| 9/14/86 |
Bombing terror
at the Kimpo International Airport. Bombs were hidden in a trash can
in the first level of the airport (5 people died and 32 people were
wounded) |
| 1/15/87 |
A fishing vessel,
Dongjinho, was kidnapped in waters off Baekryongdo Island. North Korea
expressed its willingness to repatriate them but is still detaining
them as a revenge for the defection of Kim Man-chul's family (12 crew members) |
| 10/7/87 |
A fishing vessel,
Jinyoungho 31, gunned down by a North Korean reconnaisance vessel
(11 people missing) |
| 11/29/87 |
KAL's passenger plane was
bombed by agents Kim Hyun-hee and Kim Seung-il of the Workers' Party
on waters off Burma (All 115 passengers and crew died) |
| 1990s |
3/7/90 |
4th underground
tunnel discovered (Yanggu) |
| 2/5/91 |
Namhaeho kidnapped
(5 Koreans and 13 Chinese all returned on February 28, 1991) |
| 5/22/92 |
3 armed soldiers
infiltrate into DMZ |
| 5/30/95 |
Woosungho
kidnapped |
| 7/9/95 |
Pastor An seung-woon
kidnapped |
| 10/17/95
|
Armed agents infiltrate
into the Imjin River |
| 10/24/95 |
Armed infiltrators
appear in Puyo, Chungnam province. Cross fire with South Korean
soldiers. One captured and the other killed. |
| 9/18/96 |
Armed agents infiltrate
through submarine carrying 26 crewmen who were under the reconnaisance bureau
of the North Korean Ministry of National Defense. The sub was a shark-type
small marine vessel (350 tons). One captured, 13 killed, 11 committ
suicide and 1 escaped. |
| 10/1/96 |
South Korean consular
to Russia, Choi Duk-keun was assssinated |
| 6/22/98 |
A submarine infiltrates
into waters off Sokcho, which was under the operation bureau of the
Workers' Party. 9 crew all committ suicide on board |
| 7/12/98 |
An armed agent
infiltrates Mukho |
