CIAO DATE: 07/2010

Record of North Korea's Major Conventional Provocations since 1960s

May 2010

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

Please note that the conventional provocations we listed herein only include major armed conflicts, military/espionage incursions, border infractions, acts of terrorism including sabotage bombings and political assassinations since the 1960s that resulted in casualties in order to analyze the significance of the attack on the Cheonan and loss of military personnel. This list excludes any North Korean verbal threats and instigation, kidnapping as well as the country’s missile launches and nuclear tests.

Resource link: Record of North Korea's Major Conventional Provocations since 1960s [PDF] - 48K