Author Topic: North and South Korean troops shoot at each other (Read 364 times)

davidpt40 · « **on:** July 17, 2003, 10:14:56 AM »

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=2&u=/ap/20030717/ap_on_re_as/koreas_dmz_shooting_9

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2003, 10:19:37 AM »

for the 1,000th time in the last 50 years....

john9001 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2003, 10:35:48 AM »

"""North Korean soldiers fired four rounds from a machine gun""

sounds more like a "opps" than WW3

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2003, 10:45:38 AM »

Should be interesting to see what happens on July 27th, the 50th anniversary.

Tension are always running high at the DMZ. Several thousand North and South Koreans and American troops, who stayed on the peninsula after the UN troops went home, have died over the half century in DMZ skirmishes. The tension eased when South Korean President Kim Dae-jung launched his Sunshine Policy of reconciliation with the North in 2000, and borders now open periodically to allow an exchange of visits of families separated since 1953.

LePaul · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2003, 02:10:27 PM »

South fired 17 rounds

North Korea machine gun rounds must have a higher perk point value?

davidpt40 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2003, 02:23:38 PM »

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Several thousand North and South Koreans and American troops, who stayed on the peninsula after the UN troops went home, have died over the half century in DMZ skirmishes.

Never heard this before. Maybe 5 or 10 people but not several thousand.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2003, 02:59:30 PM »

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Originally posted by davidpt40
Never heard this before. Maybe 5 or 10 people but not several thousand.

Google search...thats where I found it.

midnight Target · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2003, 03:01:20 PM »

Don't our Armed Forces members get "combat" pay when assigned to Korea?

Used to.

AWMac · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2003, 03:16:00 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Don't our Armed Forces members get "combat" pay when assigned to Korea?

Used to.

Nope MT. I have 3 tours to S. Korea, alittle more than 11 years. Never seen "combat pay".

midnight Target · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2003, 03:30:14 PM »

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Imminent danger pay is payable for service in a designated combat zone. The current designated combat zones are: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Croatia, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines (for some), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia (Kosovo), Tajikistan, Turkey (selected units), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Iraq.

My mistake, maybe I was thinking of Hardship Duty pay.