Chuck Bryant

Mind-bogglingly, the joint security area was open.

Like the border didn't exist in the joint security area.

So North Koreans and UN command could just go wherever they want.

So the North Koreans show up at this site, at the poplar tree while it's being pruned.

And they're led by Lieutenant Pak Chul.

He was known as Lieutenant Bulldog by the UN command troops because he was very confrontational, had provoked confrontation in the past plenty of times.

And so he showed up.

So you just immediately knew that this could go south pretty quickly.

Yeah, and apparently he said, you know, they wanted to keep that tree pristine because Kim Il-sung personally planted it and nourished it, and it's growing under his supervision.

So apparently, or at least they said it was a special tree and to stand down.

Yes, because Kim Il-sung was the he was the first dear leader.

Kim Jong-un is his grandson.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so the idea that dear leader planted that tree.

I don't know if that's true.

I never saw that.

I just saw it like stated here or there.

But at the very least, Park Chul said that.

Right.