Korea: Video 21 -- The DMZ (Goseong Unification Observatory)

DISCLAIMER: This video contains some graphic footage of the Korea War.

North Korea and South Korea are technically still at war. The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between the North and the South. The Goseong Unification Observatory, located in Gangwon province, is the closest spot to the North.

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• Unification
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[n00bie51]

I thought that video you watched was interesting. Good job uploading this.

[prcrossman]

Thanks, I hope you enjoy it. Quite a place, quite a history....

[Yukino82]

With you being so close to the border, are you worried that they are testing nukes now over there near you? South Korea seems like such a beautiful place, I hate that there is always that threat of war with the North.

[prcrossman]

For starters, they aren't "testing nukes," they "tested a nuke," one, and that was over 2.5 years ago. But no, I'm not worried about the situation here. North Korea has nothing to gain and absolutely everything to lose if they were to attack South Korea so the chances of it happening -- in my opinion -- are very minimal at best.

For the record, the two countries are technically still at war because only an armistice was signed by the Koreas "after" the Korea War, rather than a peace treaty.

[jlnae]

WOW!!! Pretty deep