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Remembering the 35th Anniversary of the DMZ Axe Murder Incident

» by 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 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 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 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 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 »

Picture of the Day: View From Goseong Unification Observatory

» by June 20th, 2011 at 12:59 pm » Comments (0)

Via the Korea Times. more »

Picture of the Day: Crossing Freedom Bridge

» by April 9th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

I like looking at old pictures of Korea and I came upon a nice Facebook photo album of Korea from 1969-1970.  This is a picture from the album of what ...more »

North Korea Accuses US Soldiers of Drinking & Womanizing at DMZ

» by March 23rd, 2011 at 5:27 pm » Comments (14)

Did someone let Private Lloyd Daniel out of jail?: North Korea warned South Korea it may retaliate after accusing U.S. troops of conducting reconnaissance near the tense border and ...more »

Picture of the Day: Walking By the DMZ

» by March 6th, 2011 at 12:57 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="398" caption="Tourists walk across a bridge in the tourism pavilion of Imjingak, just south of the inter-Korean border, on March 6, one week after North Korea repeated ...more »

South Korea to Retaliate Against North Korea with Christmas Lights

» by December 21st, 2010 at 3:10 am » Comments (23)

I kid you not: South Korea will display Christmas lights near its tense border with North Korea for the first time since 2004 following the regime's deadly artillery attack ...more »

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