North Korean Commandos

On a January night in 1968, after two years of secretive training, a 31-member team of North Korean commandos cut a hole in the fence of the demilitarized border and started heading south. Their goal: to sneak undetected into the South Korean capital of Seoul, enter the presidential residence, and chop off the head of leader Park Chung-hee.

South Korea has unveiled a memorial to the victims of a North Korean commando attack more than 30 years ago in Myanmar.

On a January night in 1968, after two years of secretive training, a 31-member team of North Korean commandos cut a hole in the fence of the demilitarized border and started heading south. Their goal: to sneak undetected into the South Korean capital of Seoul, enter the presidential residence, and chop off the head of leader Park Chung-hee.

South Korea has unveiled a memorial to the victims of a North Korean commando attack more than 30 years ago in Myanmar.