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The Great Manhunt in South Korea 😨

On September 13, 1996, a North Korean submarine mission to spy on South Korean military bases went catastrophically wrong. The crew deployed three elite spies but, upon returning to retrieve them, found no one waiting. After multiple attempts to return to international waters, the submarine became entangled in seaweed and ran aground near a South Korean city. The stranded 26 crew members attempted to flee on foot, but were soon discovered by a local taxi driver, leading to a massive, 49-day manhunt involving 40,000 South Korean soldiers and police. The operation, which cost $187 million, resulted in 24 North Korean fatalities and 16 South Korean casualties (12 military and 4 civilian). The mission revealed North Korea’s harsh doctrine, as captured documents showed that soldiers were instructed to die rather than face capture. North Korea eventually expressed rare "regret" over the incident, and the only North Korean survivor became a navy instructor in South Korea. In June 1998, another North Korean submarine incident occurred when a small submarine got caught in South Korean fishing nets near the demilitarized zone. After attempting to free itself and flee, the submarine capsized and was eventually towed by the South Korean Navy. When the submarine was recovered from 30 meters underwater, the crew’s grim fate became clear: five sailors had been killed by the four elite soldiers on board, who then took their own lives. The submarine's design included noise-reducing twin propellers and a plastic hull to evade detection. Both incidents exposed the challenges South Korea faces in monitoring small, stealthy submarines in coastal waters and highlighted the lengths North Korean soldiers are expected to go in service to their state. Despite these high-stakes confrontations, everyday citizens—taxi drivers, fishermen—played crucial roles in alerting authorities to these covert activities.