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Rangoon bombing

assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in 1983
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Summary

Rangoon bombing is a bomb attack[1]. It draws 5,841 Wikipedia views per month (bomb attack category, ranking #25 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Myanmar[3]
  • Instance of: attempted murder[4]
  • Location: Yangon[5]
  • Target: Chun Doo-hwan[6]
  • Point in time: October 9, 1983[7]
  • Coordinate location: 16.802536, 96.147658[8]
  • Number of deaths: 21[9]
  • Number of injured: 46[10]

Why It Matters

Rangoon bombing has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Chun Doo-hwan Myanmar

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Gwerm · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of korea id → KSH1998006926
    Number of injured → {'amount': '+46'}
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+21'}
    Coordinates → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of korea id: KSH1998006926"
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