SOUTH KOREA - NORTH KOREA - BURMA: DIPLOMATIC BREAK

Created: 1/1/1983

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SOUTH KOREA-NORTH KOREA-BURMA: Diplomatic Break

Seoul will use Burma's' severing of lias with North Korea to erwourage International condemnation ol North Korea and to persuade other countries to followad. Tha South Korean Government welcomed Burma's decision, which followed tho official Burmese investigation report blaming North Korea lor ihe bombing in Rangoon that killedouth Korean officials last month."

| North Korea, reacting wilh unusual speed, hascilonoreign Ministry statement and reiterated Hs charge that Soulh Korean Prosldont Chun Doo Hwan was responsible for the bombing, m

'yongyang's ties are mostly with Communisl and Third World countries,mall number ol which seem likely lo take serious diplomatic acilon ogainst tho North. Somo countries may be more disposed toward applying infernal trsde and travel restrictions.