History & Heroes Of the Korean DMZ: 1953 to Today
“In 1972, South Korean President Park Chung-hee launched a clandestine military nuclear program called ‘Project 890,’ the existence of which was only discovered by Washington in late 1974. This was a period of high anxiety for Park, who had witnessed the murder of his wife by a pro-North Korean assassin in 1974 while also discovering…
South Koreans are protecting habitat for the birds, which have probably caused more than one alarm by soldiers mistaking their silhouettes on imaging devices for stealthily walking people. For more on wildlife in the DMZ check out this page. “In Cheorwon, in the far north of South Korea, close to the demilitarised zone (DMZ), lies…
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“And being on the American Army bases, where we were pretty much left alone, we had no supervision at all unless we got into some major trouble. So the Army bases were like huge parks for us. We could basically, you know, do whatever we wanted. And we got into lots of mischief, taking things…