A North Korean soldier stands guard as South Korean soldiers (bottom) look at him on the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, May 19, 2010. South Korea has briefed the Chinese ambassador on its findings on the sinking of a navy ship widely believed to be the work of North Korea, an issue that has created tension between the two major Asian trading partners. (Reuters/Daylife)
A U.S. soldier, right, and a South Korean soldier stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. North Korea threatened Wednesday to block all cross-border traffic and blow up any South Korean loudspeakers blasting propaganda northward after a six-year hiatus, as tensions soared over the sinking of a South Korean warship. (AP/Daylife)
A reporter speaks for a news report on technically the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom as a South Korean soldier stands guard in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul June 2, 2010. South Koreans voted in regional elections on Wednesday, a barometer of support for conservative President Lee Myung-bak as he tries to push through business-friendly reforms, with the North Korea standoff a key campaign issue while liberal oppositions has blamed Lee for provoking tension between two Koreas and not keeping his presidential election promises. (Reuters/Daylife)
A South Korean soldier keeps watch at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul June 2, 2010. South Koreans voted in regional elections on Wednesday, a barometer of support for conservative President Lee Myung-bak as he tries to push through business-friendly reforms, with the North Korea standoff a key campaign issue while liberal oppositions has blamed Lee for provoking tension between two Koreas and not keeping his presidential election promises. (Reuters/Daylife)
A South Korean soldier stands guard in the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) Conference Building at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul June 9, 2010. (Reuters/Daylife)
A South Korean honor guard soldier holds U.S. and the South Korea's national flags during a rehearsal for the welcoming ceremony of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Seoul, South Korea Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Gates, who arrived on Monday, will be joined by Clinton on Wednesday for high-profile security talks with their South Korean colleagues, a meeting meant to underscore Washington's firm alliance with Seoul as the two nations plan military exercises in a message of deterrence to North Korea. (AP/Daylife)
A UN Command soldier (L) stands on duty as US Army Colonel Kurt Taylor (R) briefs US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2nd R) as a Korean People's Army soldier looks through the window at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone separating the two Koreas on July 21, 2010. Clinton arrived for a visit aimed at showing strong support for South Korea following a deadly naval attack blamed on North Korea. She and Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas, before paying tribute to 46 South Korean sailors killed when their warship sank in March. (Getty/Daylife)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA- JULY 20: A soldier holds a challange coin presented to her by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at Camp Casey, on July 20, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Gates, who will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Gates' counterpart Kim Tae-young, greeted troops from the 1st Heavy Brigade and the 210 Fires Brigade. (Getty/Daylife)
How much did these individualized coins cost the US taxpayer?
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