On Oct. 9, 1983, a powerful bomb demolished the Martyr's Mausoleum in Rangoon, now Yangon, just before visiting South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan was to pay homage there.
The mausoleum is a major national sanctuary in Burma where the body of the country's founding leader Thankin Aung San is buried. The late patriot is the father of Aung San Suu Kyi, a prominent opposition leader in Myanmar.
Chun escaped unhurt as his motorcade was delayed by a few minutes due to traffic congestion. Seventeen South Koreans, including four Cabinet members, who lined up, waiting for the president's arrival, were killed instantly.
Those killed also included four Burmese nationals. Some of the 46 people injured were South Korean journalists accompanying their president. Burma was their first stop on a six-nation Asian tour.
