1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident

When

17 Sep 1996

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.72° N, 129.00° E

Description

naval incident between North Korea and South Korea

Naval

yes

Naval incident between North Korea and South Korea

The 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident began on 18 September 1996 near the South Korean city of Gangneung when North Koreans abandoned their grounded submarine and hid within the city, resulting in a 49-day manhunt for the belligerents.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Am frühen Morgen wird an der Ostküste Südkoreas ein auf Felsen aufgelaufenes U-Boot der Sang-o-Klasse der Marine Nordkoreas entdeckt und das südkoreanische…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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