South Korea – My Tremendous Travels

The Korean Joint Security Area: anything but secure

April 7, 2017

The tensions were high, we were about to enter the Joint Security Area of the Korean De-militarised Zone.

“If anyone has weapons, knives or confetti poppers, please tell me now” boomed the US Army soldier during the safety briefing. Confetti poppers? You just know that with a specific warning like that, someone must have set off a few across the border.

The Korean Demilitarised Zone: the world’s weirdest frontline

April 1, 2017

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The week before my trip to South Korea, a US Senator called North Korea’s Supreme Leader a “crazy fat kid.” The North Korean response: the comment was “a little short of a declaration of war.” There was no better time to visit the frontline of this nuclear-armed school-yard conflict.