[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 224 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 224

    Concerning the infiltration of North Korean commandos into the 
  sovereign territory of the Republic of Korea on September 18, 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 1996

   Mr. Kim (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, and Mr. Dornan) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Concerning the infiltration of North Korean commandos into the 
  sovereign territory of the Republic of Korea on September 18, 1996.

Whereas on September 18, 1996, a 112 foot North Korean Song-O class submarine 
        carrying 26 armed soldiers crossed the demilitarized zone between North 
        and South Korea on a spying mission and ran aground 60 miles into the 
        territorial waters of the Republic of Korea;
Whereas 4 soldiers from the Republic of Korea have been killed trying to 
        apprehend the North Korean infiltrators;
Whereas 20 of the North Korean infiltrators have died and one has been captured;
Whereas 5 armed North Korean infiltrators remain at large;
Whereas North Korea continues to violate the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953 
        by attempting, in more than 300 instances since 1970, to infiltrate 
        agents into the Republic of Korea, including 14 incursions since 1990;
Whereas the current North Korean regime has been linked to numerous terrorist 
        activities, including the bombing in 1987 of a Korean Airlines aircraft, 
        the 1983 bombing in Rangoon, Burma, which killed 4 cabinet members of 
        the South Korean Government and 13 diplomatic officials, and continues 
        to be listed by the United States Department of State as a state 
        supporting terrorism;
Whereas North Korea has exported missile technology and other dangerous weapons 
        to known terrorist states;
Whereas North Korea continues to deploy over 1,000,000 troops in offensive 
        forward-deployed positions along the demilitarized zone, thereby 
        undermining security and stability on the Korean Peninsula and 
        throughout North East Asia, while threatening over 37,000 United States 
        military personnel currently deployed in the Republic of Korea;
Whereas North Korea, on May 3, 1995, unilaterally abrogated the September 6, 
        1976, Military Armistice Commission agreement providing for the free 
        movement of personnel within the joint security area established by the 
        Korean Armistice Agreement on 1953;
Whereas North Korea rejected the International Atomic Energy Agency's request to 
        inspect two nuclear facilities at Yongbyon in March 1993, in violation 
        of Article III of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
        Weapons, to which North Korea is a signatory;
Whereas North Korea continues to promote a policy of delay, rather than 
        compliance, with respect to the ``Agreed Framework'' agreement of 1994 
        between North Korea and the United States, by refusing to ``come into 
        full compliance'' with International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards; 
        and
Whereas the United States spent $13,000,000 in fiscal year 1996, and is 
        scheduled to spend $25,000,000 in fiscal year 1997, to meet its 
        obligations under the Agreed Framework: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) strongly condemns the incursion by armed North Korean 
        soldiers into the territory of the Republic of Korea on 
        September 18, 1996;
            (2) demands that North Korea discontinue such incursions as 
        they threaten the fragile peace between North Korea and the 
        Republic of Korea and threaten the safety of the 37,000 United 
        States military personnel based in the Republic of Korea;
            (3) stands by the United States military personnel who, 
        alongside the people of the Republic of Korea, risk their lives 
        helping to keep peace on the Korean Peninsula; and
            (4) strongly urges North Korea to resume negotiations to 
        further a dialogue between North and South Korea and reduce 
        tension on the Korean Peninsula.
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