 In 1994 , Seoul newspapers reported on a book Chung published about the events of 1950 , raising awareness of the allegations inside South Korea . In that same year , the U.S. Armed Forces Claims Service in Korea dismissed one No Gun Ri petition by asserting that any killings took place during combat . The survivors ' committee retorted that there was no battle at No Gun Ri , but U.S. officials refused to reconsider . 
