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America vs the 'North Korean' tree

In August 1976, a territorial conflict arose in the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone over a poplar tree obstructing the view between a UN Command checkpoint and an observation post ...
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That time the army just had to cut down a Korean tree

The 1976 Korean axe incident is one of those moments when Cold War tensions boiled over into a bizarre situation. What should have been a routine pruning job inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone ...