Asia 853
MID#3984
Dispute Number: 3984
Date(s): February 4, 1991 to February 26, 1991
Participants: 732 South Korea/731 North Korea
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: South Korea placed its armed forces on alert on February 4, 1991. Ten-
sions were raised on the Korean Peninsula as the South Koreans prepared for joint
military exercises with the United States. North Korea canceled the premiers’ talks on
February 18 and mobilized its armed forces on February 26.
Coding changes: End Date changed from March 30, 1991.
MID#3570
Dispute Number: 3570
Date(s): May 22, 1992
Participants: 731 North Korea/732 South Korea
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Three North Korean soldiers crossed into South Korea, causing a clash
between the two states. Three North Korean soldiers were killed.
MID#4021
Dispute Number: 4021
Date(s): March 3, 1993 to March 24, 1993
Participants: 2 United States of America, 732 South Korea/731 North Korea
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: North Korea threatened to withdraw from the nuclear nonproliferation
treaty and cancel inspections of its nuclear facilities. The United States and South
Korea responded with joint military exercises beginning on March 3, 1993. North
Korea then placed its military on alert twice—on March 8 and March 13.
MID#4022
Dispute Number: 4022
Date(s): November 5, 1993 to September 3, 1999
Participants: 731 North Korea/2 United States of America, 20 Canada, 732 South
Korea, 740 Japan, 900 Australia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: US President Clinton reacted to a news report on November 5, 1993—that
North Korea had steadily been building up its forces along the border with South
Korea—by stating that an attack on South Korea would be an attack on the United