South Korean helicopters fight wildfire along heavily armed border with North Korea
- South Korea dispatched two helicopters on Friday to fight a DMZ wildfire.
- The fire began Thursday in Goseong county, Gangwon province, but its cause is unclear.
- South Korea's military issued warnings to North Korea about the firefighting mission.
- The military stated firefighting efforts proceeded smoothly, and no damage occurred.
- The DMZ, created in 1953, is a 2.5-mile-wide buffer zone heavily guarded by both sides.
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South Korean helicopters fight wildfire along heavily armed border with North Korea
South Korea sent two helicopters to battle a wildfire inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Seoul’s military said Friday, adding it had warned North Korea in advance of its firefighting mission along the heavily armed border area.
Wildfire erupts in DMZ amid heightened North Korean troop activity near border
A wildfire is raging in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, the ROK military announced Friday, with firefighting helicopters deployed to contain the blaze amid heightened activity by DPRK troops near the border. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Facebook that the “unidentified wildfire” broke out in Goseong County […]
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