SIXTY YEARS SINCE THE KOREAN WAR TRUCE WAS SIGNED

THE ARMISTICE ENDING 

THE KOREAN WAR 

WAS SIGNED 

July 27, 1953 

CHECKPOINT AT 

THE DMZ 

South Korean side of 

the Demilitarized Zone 

Some reflections on the day, here and here and here. 

More DMZ here and here and here and here and here and here and  here. 

SIXTY-THREE YEARS SINCE THE KOREAN WAR STARTED; STILL NO PEACE TREATY

NORTH KOREA 

INVADES 

SOUTH KOREA 

June 25, 1950 

NIGHT FALLS ON SHOPS 

NEAR THE SOUTH KOREAN SIDE 

OF THE DMZ 

(Demilitarized Zone) 

An account of the invasion can be found here; an overview of the war ("police action") here. 

SEVEN WOMEN: THE CIVILIAN SIDE OF THE DMZ

DORASAN 

STATION 

MEMORIAL 

ON THE SOUTH KOREAN 

SIDE OF THE DMZ 

More on the Dorasan (Mt. Dora) station here 

More on the DMZ here and here and here and here and here 

DEFECTION AT THE DMZ

AFTERMATH OF 

A BLOODY DEFECTION? 

A CHECKPOINT ON THE SOUTH KOREAN 
SIDE OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) 

On Saturday, October 6, 2012, a North Korean soldier "on guard duty at the border dividing the two Koreas" was reported to have shot his way to freedom, or at least to the southern side of the border, by killing both his platoon and squad leaders. 

Today, October 8, the soldier-defector, said to be a sergeant, was reported to be being questioned by "a joint interrogation team from the South's military and the National Intelligence Service." 

With a million soldiers, a "million or so land mines and miles of barbed wire" on a two-and-a-half mile-wide "demilitarized zone" stretching 160 miles east-west across the Korean Peninsula, defections across the DMZ are said to be "rare." 

And so far, apparently being handled in a low-key fashion -- on both sides. 

More DMZ here and here and here 

SMILES OF A SUMMER'S ALMOST-TWILIGHT...ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE DMZ

TWO SHOPKEEPERS 

BEFRIEND 

A WEARY TRAVELER  

ON THE WAY BACK 

FROM THE KOREAN 

DEMILITARIZED ZONE 

"ON GUARD" AT THE DMZ

ART ON GUARD 

AT THE DMZ 

ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE 

OF THE KOREAN BORDER