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News Agency, one article from a journal, letters addressed to the UN
Security Council and statements by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
materials from Korea, whether in Korean or in English, are all from
South Korea. However, since the main sources on armistice violations
from the South Korean Ministry of Defence published in 1989, 1993,
1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2006 record both parties’ views, such a
situation is not regarded as a weakness.
In addition, other books in Korean and articles in Korean journals
that include both parties’ opinions have been used, but this study
could not have been completed without extensive use of materials in
Swedish issued by the Swedish NNSC delegation from 1953-2008.
Despite attempts to acquire materials from the Czech and Polish
embassies in Stockholm and searches through the Internet, the author
has failed to find information published by the two countries. However,
since materials published by the Swedish and Swiss NNSC delegations
contain data on all member countries and assessments refer to the
whole Commission, such a situation is not regarded as a problem.
Data on armistice violations are supplemented mainly by publications
by South Koreans who have served in the MAC, reports by the
Swedish NNSC delegation and publications by the Swiss NNSC
delegation, most of which are in German. In this way, a representative
sample of views on armistice violations as well as the development of
inter-Korean relations that affect the Commissions’ work are presented.
The reports by the Swedish delegation, a Swedish study from
1985 and studies from 1993, 1997 and 2003 in which Swiss officers
who have served in Korea have published both the history of the
NNSC and their own experiences are indispensable sources on the
Commission’s work. A few officers from both countries have written
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