Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999 - North Korea

Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999 - North Korea, United States Department of State, 1 April 2000, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/usdos/2000/en/44490 [accessed 20 June 2025]
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) continued to provide safehaven to the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction members who participated in the hijacking of a Japanese Airlines flight to North Korea in 1970. P'yongyang allowed members of the Japanese Diet to visit some of the hijackers during the year. In 1999 the D.P.R.K. also attempted to kidnap in Thailand a North Korean diplomat who had defected the day before. The attempt led the North Korean Embassy to hold the former diplomat's son hostage for two weeks. Some evidence also suggests the D.P.R.K. in 1999 may have sold weapons directly or indirectly to terrorist groups.

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