09-151.pdf

596 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula
gun shown as evidence of the South Korean infiltration had
been stolen at the October 21 attack.
March Kim Il Sung purges two prominent members of his own
Kapsan faction due to policy disputes concerning policies
towards South Korea.
March 22 At the 242nd MAC meeting, the North criticizes the US for
rearming South Korea. The South claims that the North had
neglected Paragraph 13(d) and continuously rearmed.
North Korean journalist Lee Su-gun defects during the
meeting.
March 23 At the 333rd MAC secretary meeting, the North claims that Lee
Su-gun had been kidnapped, but the South emphasizes that he
fled voluntarily.
April 6-7 At the Joint Observer Team meeting, the parties fail to reach
agreement on the April 5 incident when three North Korean
guards were killed on the UNC side of the DMZ, but the South
allows the North to retrieve the bodies.
April 8 At the 243rd MAC plenary meeting, the parties charge each
other with the April 5 incident.
April 18 At the 245th MAC meeting, the North criticizes the South for
having buried mines in the DMZ, but the South refutes the
accusation on April 22.
April 22 At the 246th MAC meeting, the North asserts that on April 20
there were shootings into its part of the DMZ but the South
claimed that there were no traces of any shootings.
May 26 At the 247th MAC meeting, the South protests that on May 22
armed personnel from the North had crossed the MDL and
thrown hand grenades into two front-line units of the US
Second Army Division, killing two soldiers and wounding 19.
The North denies all knowledge.
The North rejects the South’s protests against attacks on April
28 and on April 29.