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South Korea: No plans to enter DMZ
November 1, 1996
Web posted at: 11:59 p.m. EST (0459 GMT)WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Dong-jin refused to comment directly on a CNN story that the South Korean government considered sending its troops into the Korean Demilitarized Zone in response to an incursion by a North Korean submarine September 18.
"We have definitely no plans to send, in retaliation, our troops into the DMZ," said Kim.
Added Perry: "Any military action we have considered, for any provocation, would be taken by the combined forces in Korea, and therefore would be coordinated."
"I would not forecast specific actions that would be taken in response to this or future such provocation. But any such actions would be taken jointly by the United States and the Republic of Korea as partners in full consultation with each other," said Perry.
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