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Young Oak Kim: last Wednesday a North Korean submarine filled with armed commandos landed 60 miles into South Korean territory. Upon…

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
last Wednesday a North Korean submarine filled with armed commandos landed 60 miles into South Korean territory. Upon infiltrating South Korea, the 26 North Korean espionage agents scattered into South Korea and have already killed 4 South Korean soldiers. Today, I am introducing a resolution condemning the North Koreans for this outrageous behavior. Considering that we have 37,000 U.S. military personnel in South Korea helping to keep the peace, we cannot sit idly by as the Communist North continues to conduct these aggressive spy missions in the democratic South, our strong ally. And yet, under the Clinton administration American taxpayer-funded aid to North Korea has grown faster than to any other country in Asia. President Clinton has even threatened to veto the Republican foreign operations bill because he says we are not giving enough aid to North Korea. Not enough? Is this what Americans are subsidizing? Commando raids and military attacks on our own troops and our allies? I urge my colleagues to support my resolution.
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Young Oak Kim
Republican · California

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Introducing a resolution condemning North Korea for a recent submarine infiltration and attacks on South Korean soldiers.

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