For decades the South Korean government has claimed that Agent Orange was used only in two divisions
After fifty years of mystery, cases of Agent Orange exposure among South
Korean soldiers working near the armistice line have been confirmed.
Oh Dong-ju, a 69-year-old reserve sergeant major, won an administrative
lawsuit in Daejeon District Court on July 7. The case had been filed
against the Army Chief of Staff to demand the overturning of a decision
declaring his duties not to have been in a region where Agent Orange had
been used. It was the first ruling to dispute the military’s official
claim that Agent Orange was only used in US 2nd Infantry Division and
ROK Army 21st Infantry Division regions in 1967 and acknowledge that
exposure may have occurred in other units. An estimated 150,000 troops
in ten infantry divisions would have been exposed to Agent Orange while
working at the armistice line in late 1967 like Oh.
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