A look at past attacks blamed on North Korea

A look at NKorean attacks on rival South

A look at attacks blamed on North Korea:

— January 1967: North Korea fires on South Korean naval ship patrolling waters near maritime border, sinking warship. Thirty-nine of the 79 sailors on board are killed, 40 injured.

— January 1968: Thirty-one North Korean commandos try to storm South Korea’s presidential Blue House in failed assassination attempt on President Park Chung-hee. Seven South Koreans killed.

— December 1969: North Korean spy hijacks and reroutes a South Korean airliner to North Korea, taking hostages. Thirty-nine hostages were freed following Red Cross negotiations but 12 others were never released.

— August 1974: Attempted shooting of Park by North Korean agent as he gives a speech; first lady is killed.

— October 1983: South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan narrowly escapes a bombing in Burma (now Myanmar) that kills 21 people, including several government ministers. Perpetrator claims North Korean ties but Pyongyang refutes his claims.

— November 1987: Bombing of South Korean airliner kills 115 passengers and crew. Two North Korean spies found responsible.

— December 1991: North and South Korea sign nonaggression pact.

— June 1999: Six North Korean patrol boats repeatedly cross Yellow Sea maritime border over nine days, prompting exchange of fire. South Korea says 20 to 30 North Korean sailors are killed, seven South Korean sailors wounded.

— June 2002: Firefight sinks South Korean boat; six South Korean sailors die during the salvage operation.

— November 2009: South Korea says one North Korean dies after a brief exchange of fire between the two sides in the Yellow Sea near the maritime border.

— March 2010: Explosion sinks South Korean naval ship near Koreas’ western maritime border, killing 46 sailors. South Korea accuses Pyongyang of firing torpedo that sank ship.