Posts Tagged With: DMZ

Picture of the Day: Bored Guard On the Korean DMZ

» by GI Korea January 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (30)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="627" caption="Female North Korean guard on the DMZ."][/caption] Via Dave Kowalsky. more »

Pictures of the Day: Memorial Service For US Soldiers Killed On the Korean DMZ

» by GI Korea December 15th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

Recently a ROK Drop commenter was nice enough to forward me some pictures he took of the memorial service that was held at Tachikawa AB in Japan where the 6 ...more »

Christmas Trees Cause Controversy On Korean DMZ

» by GI Korea December 12th, 2011 at 3:41 am » Comments (4)

The Christmas Tree controversy from last year has grown to become an even bigger issue this year: South Korea will allow Christians to light two more Christmas tree-shaped towers near the ...more »

A List of South Korea’s DMZ Tourism Sites

» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (0)

In recent years the South Korean government has been working hard to turn the DMZ into a tourism area in their efforts to create the impression that tensions between North ...more »

Remembering the 35th Anniversary of the DMZ Axe Murder Incident

» by GI Korea August 17th, 2011 at 4:12 pm » Comments (9)

Via a reader tip comes this reminder that this week is the 35th anniversary of the Panmunjom Axe Murder Incident. A website has been established for veterans that served at ...more »

North Korea Planned To Assassinate ROK Defense Minister

» by GI Korea August 16th, 2011 at 8:26 am » Comments (3)

It looks like the North Koreans have been continuing to plot ways to increase tensions on the peninsula: North Korean military units talked about the possibility of shooting down a helicopter ...more »

Korea’s Most Dangerous School A Popular Education Choice

» by GI Korea August 14th, 2011 at 5:09 pm » Comments (23)

Here is an article about the school located in South Korea's side of the DMZ: This could be any school in rural South Korea: a two-story brown brick building, fronted by ...more »

New Science Fiction Movie to Feature the Korean DMZ

» by GI Korea August 5th, 2011 at 4:48 pm » Comments (15)

Here is a new movie in the works centered around the Korean DMZ: A multi-million-dollar blockbuster is being produced featuring Seoul and the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. The ...more »

Korean Governments DMZ Development Plan Includes Natural Gas Pipeline

» by GI Korea July 29th, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (4)

Here is an update on further development going on along the DMZ: The government has produced a comprehensive development plan for the region near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) by the inter-Korean ...more »