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What? NKorea ****ing with SKorea? This NEVER happens, it's all so perplexing. (By never happens I mean once every couple of years since the armistice in 19 frickin 53). This is such a rare event, I'm sure this means all out war. This time.
1950
16 February 1958: North Korean agents hijack a South Korean airliner to Pyongyang en route from Busan to Seoul; 1 American pilot, 1 American passenger, 2 West German passengers, and 24 other passengers were released in early March, but 8 other passengers remained in the North.[SIZE=2][3][/SIZE]
1960s
1964: North Korea creates an underground group: Revolution Party for Reunification, this group is ground down and eliminated by South Korean authorities by 1969 [SIZE=2][4][/SIZE]
January 17, 1968: In an incident known as the Blue House Raid, a 31-man detachment from the Korean People's Army secretly crosses the DMZ on a mission to kill South Korean PresidentPark Chung-hee on January 21, nearly succeeding. The incursion was discovered after South Korean civilians confronted the North Koreans and informed the authorities. After entering Seoul disguised as South Korean soldiers, the North Koreans attempt to enter the Blue House (the official residence of the President of South Korea). The North Koreans are confronted by South Korean police and a firefight ensued. The North Koreans fled Seoul and individually attempted to cross the DMZ back to North Korea. Of the original group of 31 North Koreans, 28 were killed, one was captured, and two are unaccounted for. Additionally, 26 South Koreans were killed and 66 were wounded, the majority of whom were soldiers and police officers. Three American soldiers were also killed and three were wounded.[SIZE=2][7][/SIZE]
January 23, 1968: The United States Naval ship the USS Pueblo is boarded and captured, along with its crew, by North Korean forces in the Sea of Japan. The entire crew of 83 is captured, with the exception of one sailor killed in the initial attack on the vessel, and the vessel was taken to a North Korean port. All the captives were released on December 23 of the same year via the Bridge of No Return at the DMZ. The USS Pueblo is still in North Korean possession and is docked in Pyongyang and is on display as a museum ship.[SIZE=2][8][/SIZE]
From March 1968 and March 1969, various military skirmishes took place in the Paektusan region between the North Korean and Chinese armed forces.[SIZE=2][9][/SIZE]
October 30, 1968: From October 30 to November 2, 120 to 130 North Korean commandos land on the northeast shore of South Korea, allegedly to establish a base in order to wage a guerrilla war against the South Korean government. A total of 110 to 113 were killed, seven were captured, and 13 escaped. Around 20 South Korean civilians, law enforcement officers, and soldiers were killed.[SIZE=2][6][/SIZE][SIZE=2][10][/SIZE]
March 1969: Six North Korean commandos kill a South Korean police officer near Jumunjin, Gangwon-do. Seven American soldiers are killed in a North Korean attack along the DMZ.[SIZE=2][11][/SIZE]
April 1969: An EC-121, US reconnaissance plane is shot down 90 miles (140 km) east of the North Korean coast, leaving 31 dead.
November 1969: Four US soldiers are killed by North Koreans in the Demilitarized Zone.
December 11, 1969: North Korean agent Cho Ch'ang-hǔi hijacked a Korean Air Lines YS-11 flying from Gangneung Airbase in Gangneung, Gangwon-do to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul. It was carrying four crewmembers and 46 passengers (excluding Cho); 39 of the passengers were returned two months later, but the crew and seven passengers remained in North Korea. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair on landing.
1970s
April 1970: In Geumchon, a region of Paju south of the DMZ, a clash leaves three North Korean soldiers dead and five South Korean soldiers wounded.
June 1970: The North Korean navy seizes a broadcast vessel from the South near the Northern Limit Line. 20 crew are captured.
February 1974: Two South Korean fishing vessels are sunk and 30 crew detained by the North.
1974: The first tunnel into ROK is discovered (the three following tunnels were found in 1975, 1978, 1990)[SIZE=2][4][/SIZE]
June 1976: An incursion south of the DMZ in Gangwon-do leaves three dead from the North and six from the South.
August 18, 1976: The Axe murder incident—an attempt to trim a tree in the Demilitarized Zone near Panmunjom ends with two US soldiers dead.
July 14, 1977: Army Chinook strayed into N Korea territory and was shot down, killing three and wounding one. The one captured was soon released.
October 1979: Three North Koreans enter the eastern DMZ. One is killed.
December 1979: One US Army soldier killed, three US soldiers wounded after stumbling into a North Korean minefield in a heavy fog while patrolling DMZ. One body is recovered from the North Koreans five days later.
1980s
March 1980: Three North Koreans are killed while trying to cross the Han River estuary.
May 1980: North Koreans engage OP Ouillette on DMZ in firefight. One North Korean WIA.
March 1981: Three North Koreans try to enter the South in Geumhwa-eup, Cheorwon, Gangwon-do; one is killed.
July 1981: Three North Koreans are killed trying to cross the Imjin River to the South.
November 1987: American soldier and two North Korean soldiers die, and one American soldier is wounded during the firefight that erupted when a North Korean security detail confronted a sniper detail across the MDL into the southern-controlled sector of the Joint Security Area.
November 1987: One South Korean killed on DMZ central sector by North Korean sniper fire.
1990s
May 1992: Three Northern soldiers in South Korean uniforms are killed in Cheolwon, Gangwon-do; three South Korean soldiers are wounded.
December 1994: North Koreans shoot down US Army helicopter. One US KIA and one US POW for 13 days.
May 1995: North Korean forces fire on a South Korean fishing boat, killing three.
October 1995: Two armed North Koreans are discovered at the Imjin River; one is killed.
April 1996: Several hundred armed North Korean troops cross repeatedly into the Demilitarized Zone.
May 1996: Seven Northern soldiers cross south of the Demilitarized Zone, but withdraw after warning shots are fired.
May & June 1996: North Korean vessels twice cross the Northern Limit Line and have a several-hour standoff with the South Korean navy.
April 1997: Five North Korean soldiers cross the Demilitarized Zone in Cheolwon, Gangwon-do, and fire on South Korean positions.
June 1997: Three North Korean vessels cross the Northern Limit Line and attack South Korean vessels two miles (3 km) south of the line. On land, fourteen North Korean soldiers cross 70 m south of the center of the DMZ, leading to a 23-minute exchange of fire.
2001: On twelve separate occasions, North Korean vessels cross the Northern Limit Line and then withdraw.
November 27, 2001: North and South Korean forces exchange fire without injuries.
June 29, 2002: Renewed naval clashes near the Northern Limit Line lead to the deaths of four South Korean sailors and the sinking of a South Korean vessel. The number of North Koreans killed is unknown.
November 16, 2002: South Korean forces fire warning shots on a Northern boat crossing the Northern Limit Line. The boat withdraws. The similar incident is repeated on November 20.
February 19, 2003: A North Korean fighter plane crosses seven miles (11 km) south of the Northern Limit Line, and returns north after being intercepted by six South Korean planes.
March 2, 2003: Four North Korean fighter jets intercept a US reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Japan.
July 17, 2003: North and South Korean forces exchange fire at the DMZ around 6 AM. The South Korean army reports four rounds fired from the North and seventeen from the South. No injuries are reported.[SIZE=2][12][/SIZE]
November 1, 2004: North Korean vessels, claiming to be in pursuit of illegal fishing craft, cross the Northern Limit Line and are fired upon by the South. The vessels withdraw 3 hours later.
July 30, 2006: Several rounds are exchanged near a South Korean post in Yanggu, Gangwon.
November 10, 2009: Naval vessels from the two Koreas exchanged fire in the area of the NLL, reportedly causing serious damage to a North Korean patrol ship.[SIZE=2][13][/SIZE] For more details of this incident, see Battle of Daecheong.
November 23, 2010: North Korea fired artillery at South Korea's Greater Yeonpyeong island in the Yellow Sea and South Korea returned fire. Two South Korean marines and two South Korean civilians were killed, six were seriously wounded, and ten were treated for minor injuries. About seventy South Korean houses were destroyed.[SIZE=2][18][/SIZE][SIZE=2][19][/SIZE][SIZE=2][20][/SIZE] North Korean casualties were unknown, but Lee Hong-gi, the Director of Operations of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), claimed that as a result of the South Korean retaliation "there may be a considerable number of North Korean casualties".[SIZE=2][21][/SIZE]
October 10, 2014: North Korean forces fired anti-aircraft rounds at propaganda balloons launched from Paju. South Korean military returned fire after a pre-warning.[SIZE=2][22][/SIZE]
August 4, 2015: Two South Korean soldiers were wounded after stepping on landmines that had allegedly been laid on the southern side of the DMZ by North Korean forces next to a ROK guard post.[SIZE=2][23][/SIZE] Kim Jin Moon of the South Korean based Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, suggested that the incident was planned by members of the General Bureau of Reconnaissance to prove their loyalty to Kim Jong-un.[SIZE=2][24][/SIZE]
August 20, 2015: After South Korea resumed playing propaganda on loudspeakers near the border, and North Korea had threatened to attack those loudspeakers, North Korea fired a rocket and shells across the border into Yeoncheon County. South Korea responded by firing artillery shells back at the origin of the rocket. There were no reports of injuries on either side.[SIZE=2][25][/SIZE]
At this point does anyone really take N.Korea seriously? They sabre rattle every couple months and it always comes down to just that. They want something. What country doesn't want something from us.
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You can always tell a leftist. They'll desert someone who has been an ally for 65 years in a heart beat.
You can always tell a rightist, despite claims of favoring less government/less spending they'll always seek bigger government interfering in more places around the world spending other peoples' $$$ to keep their favored son, the MIC, knee deep in cash with little/no benefit to the country.
BTW, allies? How many Korean troops fought alongside Americans in Vietnam, Iraq. Afghanistan? Just what kind of aid did these allies provide to us?
You can always tell a rightist, despite claims of favoring less government/less spending they'll always seek bigger government interfering in more places around the world spending other peoples' $$$ to keep their favored son, the MIC, knee deep in cash with little/no benefit to the country.
BTW, allies? How many Korean troops fought alongside Americans in Vietnam, Iraq. Afghanistan? Just what kind of aid did these allies provide to us?
quite a few...in fact we have an officer transfer program
S. Korea has been an allie, and continues to be....and they have Honorably served side by side with us
The next year could be a nail-biter. Xi Jinping is whipping the Chinese into a nationalist frenzy while the PLA stages mock invasions of Taiwan, NATO is warning tensions with Russia over Ukraine could escalate into war...N Korea feels like the trigger that could set everything off.
You can always tell a rightist, despite claims of favoring less government/less spending they'll always seek bigger government interfering in more places around the world spending other peoples' $$$ to keep their favored son, the MIC, knee deep in cash with little/no benefit to the country.
BTW, allies? How many Korean troops fought alongside Americans in Vietnam, Iraq. Afghanistan? Just what kind of aid did these allies provide to us?
Allies?
Or dependents?
Once again you demonstrate that you are a complete ignoramus when it comes to history but I wouldn't waste my time trying to educate you. Go froth at someone else.
Perhaps the Boy Wonder's tired of the Middle East getting all the ink? I can only hope this time we'll be smart enough to stay uninvolved.
Hope it doesn't go off, but by treaty with South Korea and other nations by treaty we could be obligated to protect.
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