History & Heroes Of the Korean DMZ: 1953 to Today
“Under the 2018 Comprehensive Military Agreement between the two Koreas, flying UAVs is prohibited within 6 miles (10 km) of the military demarcation line (MDL) along the western border — except for emergency and agricultural reasons and only after giving prior notification. ROK law also bans civilians from flying drones unless they receive prior government…
[We missed this story when it came out in 2017, but thought you might find it interesting.] The remains of the late French soldier Jean le Houx, who fought in the Korean War as part of U.N. forces, were buried inside the DMZ in Cheorwon-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, in accordance with his last wishes. Le…
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And remember the Americans POWs reported alive in North Korea decades after the war… “On Dec. 11, 1969, Korean Airlines flight NAMC YS-11 was flying from Gangwon, South Korea, to Gimpo International Airport when it was hijacked and forced to land in North Korea. Of the fifty individuals kidnapped, eleven never made it back to…
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