The Cheonan Incident Resource Page

Time Line

This time line provides key incidents and dates related to the sinking of the Cheonan.

Key Documents

 President Lee Myung Bak's May 24 2010 National Address

UNSC Statement on Cheonan, July 9 2010

Letter to UNSC by PSPD, June 10 2010

JIG Report of the Cheonan, May 20 2010

KCNA Commentary on Cheonan, from April 17 to June 4 2010

Resources

Helpful links on the Cheonan Incident with brief descriptions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Daecheong

-          Information on November naval skirmish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROKS_Cheonan_sinking

-          Cheonan Sinking on Wikipedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Mark_48_Torpedo_testing.jpg

-          Mark 48 Torpedo Testing

http://wikispooks.com/w/images/8/8d/JCMIG-Cheonan-report.pdf

-          pdf file of the Cheonan Report

http://www.seoprise.com/board/view_nw.php?uid=1074&table=seop_book

-          Open Letter to the UN Security Council Member States from PSPD

http://www.cfr.org/publication/22199/south_korean_president_lees_national_address_may_2010.html

-          President Lee’s National Address

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-obama-and-president-lee-myung-bak-republic-korea-after-bilateral-

-          President Obama and President Lee on Cheonan

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/144965.htm

-          Secretary Clinton’s Statement at the DMZ

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

-          KCNA, North Korea’s response, from April 17^th to June 4^th 2010

http://csis.org/files/publication/1001q.pdf

-          Cooperative Connections (information and timeline)

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11824

-          article published by CATO

http://www.japanfocus.org/-Tanaka-Sakai/3361

-          An article by a Japanese writer

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100708/full/news.2010.343.html

-          ‘Controversy over South Korea’s Sunken Ship’ Nature News

http://mnd-policy.tistory.com/

-          Korean blog on Cheonan incident (in Korean)

http://cheonan46.go.kr

-          Korean blog on Cheonan incident (in Korean)