North Korea KPA Shoot Attack U.S. Army Soldier Panmunjom DMZ JSA Defector Demilitarized Zone

American Forces Korea Network (AFKN) coverage of the immediate aftermath of the shooting and firefight by North Korean soldiers in the Joint Security Area, or JSA, of the Korean DMZ during the defection of a Soviet citizen.

From Wikipedia: "On November 23, 1984, during a communist-led tour, Soviet citizen Vasily Matuzok (sometimes mistakenly spelt as Matusak) suddenly dashed across the Military Demarcation Line into South Korea. 30 Korean People's Army or KPA soldiers pursued him, firing their weapons as they did so. The Joint Security Forces or JSF commanded by Captain Bert Mizusawa deployed from Camp Kitty Hawk (renamed Camp Bonifas in August 1986) to safeguard Matuzok and repel the North Koreans. The KPA soldiers, who were pinned down by fire from the JSF's 4th Platoon on guard duty in Panmunjom, were quickly outmaneuvered and isolated in the area of the Sunken Garden, now the site of the Unification Monument. In the 40-minute firefight that ensued, Corporal Jang Myong-ki was killed, and Private First Class Michael A. Burgoyne was wounded. The JDO NCO negotiated a ceasefire that enabled the North Koreans to withdraw, but not before five of them were wounded and three killed, plus an additional eight captured. It has been rumored that Lt. Pak Chul ("Lt. Bulldog," who commanded North Korean soldiers in the confrontation that led to the Axe murder incident a decade earlier) was one of those killed in this firefight, though documentation has not been found yet. However, he has not been seen in the JSA since this incident. Additionally, there were gunshots in the north approximately 20 minutes after the cease fire was effective, and it was reported by senior members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission to the JSF commander that the KPA commander and one of his key subordinates were summarily executed. The KPA commander was likewise never seen again, however no evidence is provided for these claims. Matuzok was given a short debriefing in Seoul, then turned over to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which made arrangements for him to be resettled in the U.S. under the sponsorship of the International Rescue Committee, an organization that helps to resettle refugees in Western countries."