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Oct 05

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North Korea accidentally admits to KAL858 terrorism

DailyNK has an interesting article of an admission of guilt by a North Korean foreign official to a South Korean official a few years back.

KAL 858 was a passenger flight en route from Baghdad to Seoul, which was sabotaged by time bombs left by two North Korean agents who left in a stopover in Abu Dhabi. The agents were caught and swallowed cyanide pills, but one survived and later admitted to the bombing, claiming the order was sent from Kim Jong-Il himself. Naturally North Korea has denied the incident, despite overwhelming evidence (see also: the sinking of the Cheonan) to the contrary.

During the Six Party Talks, Ri Gun, vice foreign minister at the time, stated “We have not committed any terrorist acts since the KAL incident”. When the official urged Ri to have DPRK formally apologize for the incident in order to be removed from the list of countries supporting terrorism, Ri clammed up as if he had blurted out the wrong thing.

Source: DailyNK

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