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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 224

Concerning the infiltration of North Korean commandos into the sovereign

territory of the Republic of Korea on September 18, 1996.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1996

Mr. KIM (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, and Mr. DORNAN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Concerning the infiltration of North Korean commandos into

the sovereign territory of the Republic of Korea on September 18, 1996.

Whereas on September 18, 1996, a 112 foot North Korean

Song-O class submarine carrying 26 armed soldiers

crossed the demilitarized zone between North and South

Korea on a spying mission and ran aground 60 miles into

the territorial waters of the Republic of Korea;

Whereas 4 soldiers from the Republic of Korea have been

killed trying to apprehend the North Korean infiltrators;

Whereas 20 of the North Korean infiltrators have died and

one has been captured;

Whereas 5 armed North Korean infiltrators remain at large;
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Whereas North Korea continues to violate the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953 by attempting, in more than

300 instances since 1970, to infiltrate agents into the Republic of Korea, including 14 incursions since 1990;

Whereas the current North Korean regime has been linked to

numerous terrorist activities, including the bombing in

1987 of a Korean Airlines aircraft, the 1983 bombing in

Rangoon, Burma, which killed 4 cabinet members of the

South Korean Government and 13 diplomatic officials,

and continues to be listed by the United States Department of State as a state supporting terrorism;

Whereas North Korea has exported missile technology and

other dangerous weapons to known terrorist states;

Whereas North Korea continues to deploy over 1,000,000

troops in offensive forward-deployed positions along the

demilitarized zone, thereby undermining security and stability on the Korean Peninsula and throughout North

East Asia, while threatening over 37,000 United States

military personnel currently deployed in the Republic of

Korea;

Whereas North Korea, on May 3, 1995, unilaterally abrogated the September 6, 1976, Military Armistice Commission agreement providing for the free movement of

personnel within the joint security area established by the

Korean Armistice Agreement on 1953;

Whereas North Korea rejected the International Atomic Energy Agency’s request to inspect two nuclear facilities at

Yongbyon in March 1993, in violation of Article III of

the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

to which North Korea is a signatory;
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Whereas North Korea continues to promote a policy of delay,

rather than compliance, with respect to the ‘‘Agreed

Framework’’ agreement of 1994 between North Korea

and the United States, by refusing to ‘‘come into full

compliance’’ with International Atomic Energy Agency

safeguards; and

Whereas the United States spent $13,000,000 in fiscal year

1996, and is scheduled to spend $25,000,000 in fiscal

year 1997, to meet its obligations under the Agreed

Framework: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That the Congress—

3 (1) strongly condemns the incursion by armed

4 North Korean soldiers into the territory of the Re5 public of Korea on September 18, 1996;

6 (2) demands that North Korea discontinue such

7 incursions as they threaten the fragile peace between

8 North Korea and the Republic of Korea and threat9 en the safety of the 37,000 United States military

10 personnel based in the Republic of Korea;

11 (3) stands by the United States military per12 sonnel who, alongside the people of the Republic of

13 Korea, risk their lives helping to keep peace on the

14 Korean Peninsula; and

15 (4) strongly urges North Korea to resume nego16 tiations to further a dialogue between North and
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1 South Korea and reduce tension on the Korean

2 Peninsula.

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