50th Anniversary of DPRK Shoot Down of US EC-121 Plane
31 Americans Killed on 4/15/69 (Remains of Only 2 Recovered)
Major Incident in “2nd Korean War” — ScenesFromAnUnfinishedWar-ADA245460
(Similar Plane to One Downed)
Declassified US Intelligence Report
See the 1983 Documents, and Cuban Connection, Here
See Here Our Earlier Report on NK Plot Against US Nuclear Plants
Does Kim Jong Un Need to Fear “Decapitation” By US Special Operators?
by North Korea, China and the Soviet Union
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Against North Korean Troops
SEOUL, Dec. 21, 2016 (UPI) — An outbreak of diarrhea that soldiers are cynically describing as a “gift from Kim Jong Un” is affecting a North Korean unit of border guards, sources in the country say.
Multiple soldiers have fallen ill after consuming new food that was expressly supplied for border guards by the general rear services bureau of North Korea’s ministry of people’s armed forces, Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday.
Check out the “Army Santa” at 16:13 in this video “Korea Today,” from late 1959 or the early ’60s. It shows DMZ patrols, JOT teams, OP Mazie, various scenes of GI’s in South Korea, the accelerating pace of South Korean economic development — and Santa visiting what appears to be the ‘Kyong Buck Charity Sanatorium.” [Please let us know if you have any info on that facility and the soldiers visiting in the film.]
Many U.S. soldiers in Korea responded to the loneliness of holidays away from home, and the general tour-long separation from family and friends, by contributing time and money to Korean orphans and other children who needed help. Untold numbers of Korean children benefited from the kindness of US servicemembers over the years.
From NK News: “The South Korean military has signed a contract to develop unmanned surveillance sensors aimed at strengthening surveillance capabilities in the DMZ and the surrounding area.
While the development of these sensors would help to ensure the safety of troops stationed near the DMZ, a military expert said that such an effort must be undertaken in parallel with efforts to lower tensions with North Korea.
Hanwha Thales, a domestic defense manufacturer, has signed a 3.6 billion-won ($3.1-million) contract to help in the development of these sensors with South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
A DAPA representative told NK News that the sensors will greatly improve South Korea’s capacity to detect North Korean troops attempting to infiltrate and potentially endanger South Korean lives.”
See information and video below of the North Korean attack the prompted this move by the South…
Many readers of this site will recognize the tactic: North Korean infiltrators plant a booby trap around a fence gate used by South Korean forces inside the DMZ, about 1,440 feet south of the MDL. One ROK NCO lost his legs in the initial blast, a second sergeant lost his leg trying to assist the first victim.
South Korean officials claim this is the first such attack using box mines since 1967, reports the NY Times (click on the picture above for the story), so the ROK soldiers may have been less than vigilant about checking their patch for mines (a process many of our readers will recall).
South Korea reports its investigation [assisted by its US and other allies on the UNC] reveals the mines were placed recently and not deposited there by natural forces such as soil drift or flooding. [Remarkably, the Times reports claims by both Korea governments that infiltration of the DMZ stopped “in the 1970s,” a falsehood even a quick search of the Times own clippings would likely reveal.]
The South Korean military promised “severe retaliation” for the attack, which so far appears to be the resumption of South Korean propaganda broadcasts into the DMZ (another memory for many readers of this site); see the CNN report here. The South Korean loudspeakers were shut down years ago, and North Korea has threatened to attack them if they start up again.
To learn more about mines in the Korean DMZ and their status in the Obama Administration’s effort to bar use of mines by the US military, see our report here.
CNN Report + Video
Many DMZ Vets Will Recall When a
North Korean Threat
to Nuke the US Was Unthinkable
But Even When Pyongyang Killed 31 Americans, US Response Was “Mush”
See How President Nixon Responded to Downing of US EC-121 Here
Did North Korea Infiltrate Agents into the US to Attack Nuke Plants & Cities?
Can Pyongyang Launch Terror Attacks in America?
Who Is the American Serviceman Who Instructed North Korean Special Forces?
See The Documents We Uncovered Here
DMZ Tours, “Dark Tourism” and the
State of North/South Relations
Interesting analysis on the state of DMZ tours — “a dangerous zoo” — and their relation to South Korean attitudes toward reunification… The article reports that DMZ tours began in 1963 — do any DMZ War readers remember them back then or before? One thing missing in this report, and a factor that probably played a role in those early tours, was the desire of South Korean residents (as opposed to fast-spending foreign tourists) to visit the ‘Z to see their former homeland where loved ones often still lived, and/or honor their ancestors buried there.
“In 2006, South Korea rebranded the DMZ the Peace and Life Zone (PLZ).Untouched for decades, the area’s biodiversity and eco-credentials are now being pushed to the fore. Just pause and read that again: Peace and Life. In reference to what is effectively a scar severing the shared reality of a once united country; the last remnant of the Cold War that has divided families for generations and created one of the most extreme states of inequality on a national scale. As public relations go, it’s pretty audacious, like trying to reposition climate change as a way to get a better tan.” Read the rest here.
Korean DMZ, November 1974:
First North Korean Infiltration Tunnel Discovered
Presidents Meet
In Nov. 1974, a South Korean DMZ patrol noticed steam rising from the ground. Investigators soon uncovered a North Korean tunnel leading to the South. U.S. Navy Commander Robert Ballinger from the UN Command’s Armistice Affairs Division (who had been awarded the Silver Star for heroism in Vietnam years before) and a South Korean officer were killed by a DPRK booby-trap while examining the structure. Three more tunnels would be found in coming years; others are believed to exist. (North Korean tunnel experts have also been suspected of helping construct tunnels in the Middle East for terrorists to attack Israel, see the story on our sister site here.)
Days later, South Korean President Park Chung-hee and U.S. President Gerald Ford (along with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger), met in the Korean “Blue House” to discuss the security situation and other issues (Park had narrowly escaped a North Korean assassination attempt months before, see video here). Read part of the declassified transcript of the meeting below.
Despite the grim circumstances, Park and Kissinger managed to joke about what might be found while digging near the tunnel — check out the last page.
Deadly 1994 Helicopter Shoot Down Over North Korea?
See DMZ War’s Exclusive Report Here
North Korea Sending Missiles to Hamas, Iran and Hezbollah?
See the Report Here At Our Sister Site
Does President Obama Want to Strip GIs in Korea of their Defensive Land Mines?
White House Avoids Detonating Korean Land Mine Story — for Now.
Learn more about the issue at our Land Mine Korea page.
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Brits in Korea 1956 & Imjin River. See it here
a More Dangerous and Eventful Year than Many Realize
