Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Two Koreas Exchange Fire Across Eastern DMZ

It started innocently enough with a few "Your Momma is so..." jokes but quickly escalated into gunfire.

A brief exchange of gunfire erupted between the soldiers of the two Koreas across the eastern Demilitarized Zone in Yanggu Gangwon Province.

It's funny when soldiers are spontaneous like that.
You know, I'm pretty sure most wars start with someone saying, "10 bucks says I can shoot that piece of wood over there."

Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korean soldiers fired two shots toward a South Korean guard post at around 7:30 p.m. Monday. South Korea immediately fired back six rounds across the border but there was no additional response from the North.

That's the most boring gunfight I've ever heard of.

Officials say no casualties were reported on the South side as one of the bullets hit the wall of a guard post and the other fell near the structure. It is not known whether North Korea suffered any casualties.

Ironically, fifty-three North Koreans were killed in the incident.

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