After his career in the military , he was ordered back to Rangoon in 1984 after an attack on a visiting South Korean delegation which was visiting Burma at that time . 21 people , including three South Korean cabinet ministers , died during the attack , ( Rangoon bombing ) which occurred on 9 October 1983 and was perpetrated by terrorists sent from North Korea . Khin Nyunt was then appointed Chief of Intelligence . From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s Khin Nyunt was considered to be a protégé of Ne Win , who supposedly retired from politics in July 1988 but who is thought to have continued to be an influential figure behind the scenes until about the late 1990s
Rangoon bombing
Rangoon bombing
Khin Nyunt