South Korean officials gathered at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Myanmar seconds before a bomb planted by North Korean spies went off, killing 21 people – 1983

The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth President of South Korea, orchestrated by North Korea. Two of the bombers were captured, one of whom confessed to being a North Korean military officer.