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A feature article from a Chinese magazine was struck from the Internet after news spread that it stated that the Korean War was started by North Korea’s invasion of the South. The lengthy feature in Xinhua’s International Herald Leader, timed for the 60th anniversary of the start of the war, had a time line that stated: “The North Korean military crossed the parallel on June 25th, 1950 and Seoul was taken in four days.” The article was widely distributed among Chinese news portals and agencies. After news of the story spread in Korean yesterday, the original article was found to...

[Report by Freeper "AmericanInTokyo" from the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 31 May 2003.]This is a quick, frontline report for the readers of Free Republic, provided by "AmericanInTokyo". An investigative visit was conducted Saturday (yesterday) by myself and about 25 others to the sensitive/tense Joint Security Area (JSA) just north of Seoul, Korea, which is maintained jointly by the North Koreans and the US/ROK military at the village of Panmunjom on the Korean DMZ at the 38th Parallel.The trip was significant in view of recent escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States (and South Korea) in terms of North...