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The Rangoon bombing kills South Korea's Foreign Minister, Lee Bum Suk

9 oct. 1983 · 16.80° N, 96.15° E

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9 oct. 1983
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16.80° N, 96.15° E
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The Rangoon bombing kills South Korea's Foreign Minister, Lee Bum Suk, and 21 others. The perpetrators are believed to be North Koreans.

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The Rangoon bombing kills South Korea's Foreign Minister, Lee Bum Suk, and 21 others

Rangoon bombing

1983 attempted killing of the South Korean president

The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983 was an assassination attempt orchestrated by North Korea against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in Rangoon, Burma. Although Chun survived, 21 people died in the attack and 46 were injured. One suspect was later killed, and the two other suspected bombers were captured, one of whom confessed to being a North Korean military officer.

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