How a plot to kill Kim Il Sung ended in mutiny and murder
(WorldNews North Korea)

SILMIDO ISLAND, South Korea (CNN)They were supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea`s then-leader Kim Il Sung. But South Korea`s `Unit 684,` created in 1968 following a brazen attack by North Korea on Seoul`s presidential compound, proved anything but. The experiment to create a crack team of would-be assassins ended in disaster. Seven lost their lives -- executed for desertion or criminal activity, and dying from fatigue during the arduous training on a remote island. The remaining 24 members turned on their military trainers, killing most of them in a bloody mutiny. The bizarre and deadly events that unfolded on the island of...