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Historical records
The early unfinished war
Armistice-era incidents, border pressure, kidnappings, and the first years of the military demarcation line.
Explore the published field guides and year-by-year chronologies.Eight collections. One unfinished record.
Explore Korean DMZ history through incident records, declassified files, government sources, and focused topic guides.
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Each collection brings together related public reporting, historical records, and government sources.
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Historical analysis
The Second Korean War
A research path through the sustained late-1960s confrontation, its major incidents, and its operational setting.
Follow the conflict overview, the EC-121 shootdown, and the U.S. response record.03
Incident records
Pueblo and EC-121
Two high-demand incident files connected to the wider confrontation and the U.S. response record.
Compare the incidents with the wider military and diplomatic response.04
Incident records
Panmunjom and Operation Paul Bunyan
The axe-murder incident, the response operation, and the documentary record around the Joint Security Area.
Read the 1976 chronology and watch the Operation Paul Bunyan documentary record.05
Topic collection
Infiltration, special operations, and state terrorism
A collection path for tunnels, maritime insertions, covert action, and documented attacks connected to the post-armistice conflict.
Follow documented incidents across land, sea, and the tunnel network beneath the DMZ.06
Public records
Espionage and covert operations inside the United States
FBI, DOJ, declassified, and contemporary records concerning North Korean activity and U.S. targets.
Start with the RGB / GRIB dossier and its linked government cases.07
Topic collection
Nuclear deployments and contingencies
Documented deployment history, official planning, and later developments involving the peninsula.
Explore military history and the public record of regional nuclear activity.08
Government records
RGB / GRIB cyber and financial operations
Treasury, OFAC, FBI, and DOJ data on RGB-linked listings, named people, cyber groups, and public cases.
View the sanctions timeline, named individuals, and linked public cases.New archive desk
Declassified Korean DMZ records
Read eight verified CIA, State, Defense, and Wilson Center records covering the 1967-69 confrontation, the 1976 Panmunjom crisis, and modern military context.
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