"Stand behind the yellow line!" or how to take pictures of North Korea from the DMZ
August 25th 2006 As the title of this entry suggests, I ventured into the "Demilitarized" zone between North and South Korea.
Eve and I booked a tour to the DMZ (as it is lovingly referred to) after reading the fine print of the brouchure which basically told us its not the tour companiy's fault if we were to be shot in case conflict broke out in the DMZ- a rare occurence, but with heightened tensions between t
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An independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium, Korea was occupied by Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War; five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was sp... ... read more 
