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634 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula
that it is irrelevant to raise denuclearization as a political issue
in the MAC.
August 8 At the 450th MAC meeting, the KPA/CPV requests the UNC to
allow student Im Su-gyông and her attendants to cross the
MDL.
August 15 Im Su-gyông and Father Mun Kyu-hyôn cross the MDL.
August 21-
September 1
The joint South Korea-US exercise “89 Ûlchi Focus” is
conducted.
August 22 The UNC/MAC Senior Member calls the North and says that
the August 15 crossing was an armistice violation that should
not become a usual practice.
September 12 At the 451st MAC meeting, the North criticizes the US for
bringing brand-new F-16 fighter planes and military
equipment into South Korea and through military exercises
training for a nuclear war. The South points out the North’s
recent rearmaments, claims that nuclear weapons are not an
issue to raise in the MAC and refers to its cancellation of
Paragraph 13(d) in 1957.
November 30 At the 452nd MAC meeting, the North criticizes the introduction
of military equipment into South Korea and the
implementation of military and nuclear exercises and urges
denuclearization and three-party talks between the two Koreas
and the US to discuss the issue. The South responds that
military exercises and nuclear weapons are not issues to raise
in the MAC but political issues. The South conducts open
exercises, but the North does them in secret.
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January 17 At the 453rd MAC meeting, the North urges a halt to large-
scale military exercises. The South responds that Team Spirit is
not an issue to raise in the MAC but with the South Korean
government and invites inspectors to the exercise.