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The following is a list of border incidents involving North and South Korea since the Korean Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953, ended large scale military action of the Korean War. Most of these incidents took place near either the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) or the Northern Limit Line (NLL). This list includes engagements on land, air ...
The speech reflected North Korea's goals, which aimed to topple Park's administration from the inside, by raising an insurgency through spreading North Korean propaganda. In doing so, North Korea sought to level the playing ground and avoid a war of attrition , one that Kim was sure he would lose, given United States land, air, and sea support ...
The Blue House raid, also known in South Korea as the 21 January Incident (Korean: 1·21 사태), was a raid launched by North Korean commandos in an attempt to assassinate President of South Korea Park Chung Hee in his residence at the Blue House in Seoul, on 21 January, 1968.
With North and South Korea engaged in high-stakes Olympic diplomacy, Kim Shin-jo says 1968 was the "year that mattered most" for North-South relations. ... just 10 miles from South Korea's border ...
January 17–29 - Blue House Raid January 23 - USS Pueblo (AGER-2) captured by North Korea February 6 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division guard post attacked. 3 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces.
The Korean border remains the most militarized private area in the world with the presence of the Korean People's Army in north; the Forces of the Republic of Korea and the United States Forces Korea (highlighted notably through the Combined Forces) in south and the presence of the forces of United Nations in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (JSA ...
Similar incidents took place on June 9 and June 18, each involving some 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers briefly crossing the demarcation line and retreating shortly after the South Koreans ...
The tourist area is a short drive from Seoul, which lies in easy artillery range of the estimated 70% of North Korea's 1.2 million troop arrayed along the border.