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Peter Ward
Peter Ward is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute. His work focuses on North Korean politics, the economy and society. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna.
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Evergreen How North Korea turned to terrorism to stop the ’88 Seoul OlympicsWhen a boycott failed, Pyongyang used bombs to make its point This is part two of a series on North Korea's efforts to stop the '88 Seoul Olympics. You can read part one here. The North Korean government was not happy when the "flunkeys of the U.S. imperialists" in capitalist South Korea were awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics in 1981. They had seven years to disrupt the games by whatever means, short of a war they knew they would surely lose. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |