1992: Russian-Korean Apology for the downing of a Korea Airlines jet

Russian President Boris Yeltsin apologizes for the Soviet downing of a Korean Airlines jet with 269 people aboard in 1983.

To: 
Korean
From: 
Russian
Year of Apology: 
1992
Footnote: 
Jameson, Sam and John-Thor Dalhburg. “Yeltsin to Seoul.” Los Angeles Times. October 20, 1992.