TITLE

Reds on the rocks

AUTHOR(S)
Strasser, Steven; Chong, Lee Pyung
PUB. DATE
September 1996
SOURCE
Newsweek;09/30/96, Vol. 128 Issue 14, p40
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
States that North Korea launched a botched commando mission to South Korea in September 1996. The breakdown off the coast of South Korea of a North Korean submarine that was apparently on some kind of spy mission; Confession of Lee Kwang Soo, a junior North Korean officer; South Korea's nervousness and the economic and environmental strife in North Korea.
ACCESSION #
9609247925

Tags: ESPIONAGE, North Korean

 

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