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. 

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 

WHAT DO YOU SEE AT THE DMZ?

AT THE 

DEMILITARIZED ZONE 

ON THE SOUTH KOREAN 

SIDE OF THE BORDER 

Looking Northward 

Standing on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), above a valley, seeing what there is to be seen.  High-power binoculars provided (fixed at the wall; see above).  For a price.  No photographs allowed at the wall, or for several feet in front of it.  Hold high the camera. 

THEY LEFT OUT THE COLD WAR

THEY LEFT OUT 

THE COLD WAR 

WARS LISTED ON A GRAVESTONE IN 

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 

The Washington Post has an article reporting on family members' protests of the inscribing of "propaganda" names for America's recent wars on the headstones at Arlington National Cemetery: "Operation Enduring Freedom"; "Operation Iraqi Freedom"; "Operation New Dawn." Previous names looked like those above: "World War II"; "Korea"; "Vietnam." (No "Cold War," however much it molded and warped so many lives, and deaths.) 

SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE KOREAN WAR BREAKS OUT, June 25, 1950

SIXTY YEARS AFTER

THE KOREAN WAR

BREAKS OUT

June 25, 1950

DUELING TVs #3

October 9, 2006

North Korea Conducts

First Nuclear Test