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1991-99 310 corpses of American soldiers from the war are delivered.
January 8 The NNSC points out the problems associated with appointing
a South Korean as UNC/MAC Senior Member in a joint letter
addressed to both sides of the MAC.
February The NNSC makes its last official trip to North Korea.
February 13 At the 459th MAC meeting, the North protests that Team Spirit
‘91 is an offensive exercise in preparation for war. The South
responds that it well knows the North’s position and had
invited North Korea to observe it, but the North maintained its
standpoint. The meeting is the last plenary session.
March 25 South Korean Major General Hwang Won Tak is appointed
UNC/MAC Senior Member. North Korea subsequently
boycotts most MAC meetings and limits contacts with the
NNSC.
March 27 Radio P’yôngyang declares: “...it is impossible to exchange
telephone messages and letters signed by the senior member
and to hold meetings with the MAC in the future.“
April 2 The NNSC decides not to respond to the North Korean request
to interfere and cancel the appointment of Major General
Hwang.
April 6 Rodong Sinmun blames the US for the appointment of Major
General Hwang, which is motivated by the wish to avoid
replacing the Armistice Agreement with a North Korea-US
peace treaty and to remain in South Korea permanently.
May 9 The KPA/CPV advises that reports on rotations of personnel
and replacements of combat materials would be discontinued.
The UNC/MAC continues to report on personnel.
May 22 The UNC/MAC protests the cancellation of reports on rotations
of personnel.
May 23 The North declares that all its formal contacts with the NNSC
would cease.
636 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula