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wounded. Five men from the vessel boarded a South Korean
fishing boat and killed the captain and two men from the crew
and injured two before escaping. A South Korean navy patrol
vessel sank the vessel. The North claims that the incidents were
entirely fabricated.
May 20 At the 401st MAC meeting, the North blames the South for
holding military exercises.
The North protests that on May 12 there had been shootings by
cannons, machine guns and automatic weapons at its guard
posts in the JSA, but the South claims that the North had
deliberately distorted facts.
June 27 At the 402nd MAC meeting, the South asserts that on June 20
a spy boat had intruded into its territorial waters. On June 21,
the boat is overturned. Nine men were found dead. One
survivor was captured alive.
The North criticizes the South for fabricating the incident to
divert attention from the suppression of demonstrations for
democratization in Kwangju.
November 11 At the 403rd MAC meeting, the South criticizes the North for
having dispatched armed agents on November 3 and killed an
innocent civilian. One is killed. Intrusion equipment was
found.
The North argues that the fabricated incident was used by the
South Korean government to suppress its population by a
shock effect.
December 16 At the 404th MAC meeting, the South criticizes the attempted
intrusion of armed North Korean agents on December 1. Two
were shot to death but the third escaped. The landing craft
sank, but the transport ship escaped. On December 2, a clash
took place between an unidentified vessel and a Republic of
Korea naval vessel. After firing back, the former caught fire and
sank. Two intruders and two South Korean soldiers were
killed. One intruder survived but was killed on December 6.
The North claims that South Korea fabricated incidents with
armed agents to suppress democracy activists and students and
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