Someone dear to me is visiting friends in Korea. The border seems tense. Is there really danger? I am worrying just a little. Maybe more than a little.
2006-07-31 18:06:44 · 8 answers · asked by concordbridge 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Yay! Daughter arrived home today! Had a wonderful time! She only heard about the gunfire event from her pal's mom in the Midwest. Didn't even make the news in ROK. Whew! Now I can tell my wife.
Will NK overrun the DMZ and US and Korean troops? Somewhere between fat and chance. South Korea has convenience stores, cuttlefish pizza, movies, and traffic jams of all Hyundais. N Korea has carts with wooden wheels pulled by water buffalo, plays written by Kim Jong Il, and rice from Albania. They would love to cross the border -- so they could defect.
2006-08-05 15:41:04 · update #1
This is the first time since last October. It happens from time to time, and there are occasional confrontations at sea. These incidents usually don't get much attention in the media, but NK has been in the news lately so that's probably why it's news this time. It's possible it was an accidental discharge, or a drunken soldier and it doesn't really mean much of anything Then again, who knows?
2006-07-31 18:13:18 · answer #1 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
till now 1953, North Korea and South Korea have been in basic terms one u . s .. this is in basic terms after the Korean conflict which got here about in 1953 that North and South Korea have been seperated into 2 countries. The North Korea became supported by the U.S. (Russia) and South Korea by the U. S.. And in 1953 there became nonetheless the chilly conflict (US and u.s. have been nonetheless enemies yet they do no longer attack one yet another), so as that's why North Korea and South Korea have been enemies.
2016-10-01 08:12:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sporadic small arms fire is pretty normal. Also, the NK's like to sneak out at night and move the land mines around. Lately there's more tension but AFAIK overt activity at the DMZ is pretty much normal. Personally I wouldn't go there in the first place, but that's me. If Iran does anything funky on the 22nd it might be time to leave.
2006-07-31 18:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North korea is making noise as it has for years. They know that if they invade the South that the USA will toast them. It is North Korea's political posturing. It has been happening for years. It is because Bush can't work his foreign policy, and North Korea is sabre rattling, taking advantage of the situation.
2006-07-31 18:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by Iamstitch2U 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was stationed there a couple of years ago right on the DMZ and he said there was gun fire almost daily.
And soldiers from both side going around in the DMZ zone
2006-07-31 18:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when dealing with a country controlled by a physco who writes letters to himself from other countries apologizing for their actions yes there's danger we should have annihilated this country way before Iraq but to answer question complete yes there's always gunfire north Korea has always tried to cause make us look bad in that region
2006-07-31 18:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by deitymike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The border has been in a very uneasy truce since the 1950s.
2006-07-31 18:10:01 · answer #7 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm concerned about our troops over there. We have about 30,000 no match for the north Korean troops. If they come accrossed the line it will be horrible.
2006-07-31 18:10:09 · answer #8 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋