ROK soldier

A guard in the JSA, near the Peace House. These guards have ball bearings in their pants. As the Korean forces were much larger than the Southern, South Korean soldiers sued ball bearings to make it sound as if many more troops were approaching

The ol' DMZ

May 21st 2006
It's a must see. You need to do it, get the t-shirt, like the pyramids or the Great Wall. It is the thing people ask you if you saw when you go to Korea. So I climbed my sleepy suburban ass out of bed bright and early and took the bus to the big ol' city in a wild pack of teachers, all chomping at the bit for a bit of "fresh air". Everyone said it would be a long day. Uh, yep, they were right. Ap ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Panmunjom

Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more

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