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According to the Wikipedia entry, in the initial incident they were just trimming the tree, not cutting it down.

• fragmede 7y ago
  Trimming the tree in one of the world's most fraught DMZ, is still going to affect sight lines, so framing it as an "innocent gardening job" elides the truth.
  • eridius 7y ago
    Not trimming the tree also affects sight lines, because trees are living things that grow.
  • sukilot 7y ago
    No one framed it as "innocent".