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Related: About this forumHow did North Korean soldiers wander across the world's most heavily guarded border?
https://apnews.com/article/north-south-korea-border-incursion-dmz-65e835c044d22a70703b145ca0784cd8(photos, links, at source)
How did North Korean soldiers wander across the worlds most heavily guarded border?
BY FOSTER KLUG AND KIM TONG-HYUNG
Updated 4:49 AM EDT, June 19, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Dont believe the name: The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth. Two million mines, barbed wire fences, tank traps and tens of thousands of troops from both countries patrol a divided swath of land 248 kilometers (154 miles) long and 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) wide.
So how, on the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putins summit Wednesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, did as many as 30 North Korean soldiers wander over the line separating North from South, causing South Korea to fire warning shots before the North Koreans withdrew?
The short answer appears to be shrubbery: Because of an overgrowth of foliage, the North Koreans may not have seen the signs marking the thin military demarcation line that divides the DMZ into northern and southern sides.
[...]
What happened?
On Tuesday, South Korean troops broadcast warnings and fired warning shots to turn back North Korean soldiers somewhere between 20 to 30 who briefly crossed the demarcation line in the DMZ.
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BY FOSTER KLUG AND KIM TONG-HYUNG
Updated 4:49 AM EDT, June 19, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Dont believe the name: The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth. Two million mines, barbed wire fences, tank traps and tens of thousands of troops from both countries patrol a divided swath of land 248 kilometers (154 miles) long and 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) wide.
So how, on the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putins summit Wednesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, did as many as 30 North Korean soldiers wander over the line separating North from South, causing South Korea to fire warning shots before the North Koreans withdrew?
The short answer appears to be shrubbery: Because of an overgrowth of foliage, the North Koreans may not have seen the signs marking the thin military demarcation line that divides the DMZ into northern and southern sides.
[...]
What happened?
On Tuesday, South Korean troops broadcast warnings and fired warning shots to turn back North Korean soldiers somewhere between 20 to 30 who briefly crossed the demarcation line in the DMZ.
[...]
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How did North Korean soldiers wander across the world's most heavily guarded border? (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 2024
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FSogol
(46,525 posts)1. I know! To get to the other side.
oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)2. Hell, they shouldve let them keep walking. Maybe they wouldve defected.
Wouldve been a huge embarrassment while Putin visits
Ontheboundry
(291 posts)3. I served there for two years
There is points of the Z that are really wide
sarisataka
(21,000 posts)5. The article assumes their entrance into the DMZ
Was accidental. Despite what Seoul says (polite diplomacy) two "accidents" in a short time is suspicious.