Revisiting the 1983 Rangoon Bombing Covert Action in North Korea s Foreign Relations

• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: Er-Win Tan Brian Bridges
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 50, No 1, 81~103쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.03.31

영문 초록

The assassination attempt on South Korean (ROK) President Chun Doo Hwan during a state visit to Rangoon, Burma (now known as Yangon, Myanmar) in 1983 illustrates the willingness of the North Korean state to engage in state terror not only against its own citizens, but also against the ROK. The authors examine the North Korean state’s adoption of covert operations tactics and terrorist activity in an attempt to undermine the ROK, even when its actions have costs in terms of the North’s relationship with individual Southeast Asian states. In addition, using newly-released archival material from the British National Archives, the authors examine the 1983 Rangoon Bombing as a case study in North Korean covert operations abroad.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Terrorism and Assassination as State Covert Operations

III. North Korea Embraces Covert Operations

IV. The 1983 Rangoon Bombing

V. North Korean Motivations

VI. Conclusions

키워드

Rangoon bombing Chun Doo Hwan