서울 국경 남침용 북한 땅굴 발견하다. (뉴욕 타임스 1990.3.4. 보도)

서석구 변호사  개인의견

아직도 미발견된 땅굴 15-20개는 안보에 심각한 위협이다.
이명박정권은 나라를 무법천지로 만드는 좌파와의 대결을 위해
보수대연합으로 단결할 때라는 것을 깨닫기 바란다.

북한이 남침용 서울을 급습하기 위한 터널이 100 피트이상 화강암
가로 세로 6피트 3명의 군인이 나란히 걸어갈 정도의 터널이 발견되었다.
서울 동북쪽 80마일 지점 1974년, 1975년, 1978년에 이어 네번 째로 발견된
북한의 남침용 땅굴이다.

미국 한국주재 제임스 그란트 정보책임자는 DMZ를 통과하는 터널이
분명하다는 증거라고 말했다. 이상훈 국방부장관은 감내할 수 없는 침략
행위이고 휴전협정위반이라고 비난했다. 탈북자의 증언에 의하면
북한 10군단이 남침용으로 두개의 터넬을 뚫도록 명령했다고 폭로했다.

미국과 남한 당국은 아직 미발견된 땅굴이 적어도 15개-20개나 된다고 밝혔다.

한미연합사는 크리스마스 이브에 DMZ 동쪽, 양구 북동쪽 16마일 지점에서 최근 발견된 터널은
적어도 4/1 마일 길이나 되고 DMZ를 넘어 4000피트나 연장되었다고 전한다. 1980년 중반이후에도

계속해서 땅굴을 뚫어 온 것이 증명된 것이다.

SEOUL UNCOVERS A BORDER TUNNEL
Special to The New York Times
Published: Sunday, March 4, 1990
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After grinding through more than 1,000 feet of granite, engineers today reached a tunnel that military officials said had been built by North Korea to stage a surprise invasion of the South.

The 6-by-6-foot tunnel, large enough for three soldiers to walk abreast, was found in hills 80 miles northeast of Seoul. It is the fourth suspected invasion tunnel discovered in the demilitarized zone, but the first since 1978.

''There is specific physical evidence that the tunnel was dug from north to south and that it is not a natural cavity,'' Brig. Gen. James Grant, chief of intelligence for United States forces in Korea, told a news conference. ''There is evidence to suggest it is a North Korean tunnel dug through the D.M.Z.''

Discussions Are Suspended

The discovery of the tunnel, the deepest found yet, is expected to heighten the war of words between North Korea and South Korea, which are already engaged in a propaganda exchange over the presence of antitank barriers on both sides of the border. North Korea has charged that the South's barriers are Berlin-type walls that restrict travel between the two sides.

The North has suspended all discussions with Seoul to protest the annual United States-South Korea military exercises being held this month and withdrew today from an arms control conference with South Korean scholars that had been planned for the end of March at Stanford University.

Defense Minister Lee Sang Hoon of South Korea said the tunnel was ''an intolerable act of aggression'' and a serious violation of the 1953 armistice agreement that ended the Korean War.

In the 1970's, defectors told South Korea that President Kim Il Sung of North Korea ordered the 10 army divisions at the border to build two tunnels each to prepare for an invasion. The first three tunnels were found in 1974, 1975 and 1978. American and South Korean officials estimate that 15 to 20 tunnels are undiscovered.

Near Battle Site

Joint United States-Korean teams working in the eastern sector of the demilitarized zone located the latest tunnel found on Christmas Eve near Heartbreak Ridge, the site of a Korean War battle about 16 miles northeast of the town of Yanggu. They drilled a narrow 500-foot vertical borehole and inserted a miniature video camera into the cavity. A 300-man crew using a German-made tunneling machine ground through 60 feet of granite a day to dig an interception tunnel large enough to walk through.

Military officials said the tunnel was at least a mile and quarter long and extended 4,000 feet into South Korea across the military demarcation line.

A South Korean military intelligence officer said he believed that tunnel construction had continued through the mid-1980's, even after the first three tunnels were discovered, but ended when North Korea completed enough tunnels to start an invasion and decided not to risk getting caught.

Map: A tunnel was found in the demilitarized zone near Yanggu. (The New York Times/March 4, 1990)