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This is taken in the Joint Security Area in South Korea. This is the border area between the two Koreas and is one of the worlds most heavily fortified borders....which always slightly amazes me as they do day trips....

Inside the DMZ, near the western coast of the peninsula, is a place called Panmunjeom, home of the Joint Security Area. Here is the only place where North and South connect. This is a shot across the border into N Korea, and two guards (the second is in the hut) can be seen watching us watching them.


There are a number of buildings on both the north and the south side of the Military Demarcation Line, and a few which are built right on top of the MDL. The Joint Security Area is the location where all negotiations since 1953 have been held, including a number of statements of Korean solidarity, which have generally amounted to little except a slight decline of tensions. The MDL goes right through the conference rooms, right down the middle of the conference tables where the North Koreans and the United Nations Command (primarily South Koreans and Americans) meet face to face. Extacted from wikipedia.