SpeedyHedgehog
04-03-2011, 06:30 PM
DEMILITARIZED ZONE, Korea — Downstairs, two busloads of visitors crowded into the souvenir shop, deciding whether to buy T-shirts, hats or some of the more unusual items to commemorate their time at one of South Korea’s most popular tourist destinations.
Upstairs, a handful of U.S. soldiers broke away from their group to walk through what essentially is a small museum explaining the history and significance of the place, where people come to experience history and have their photos taken at one of the most iconic locations in the world.
But this is no ordinary tourist stop, where visitors get a glimpse into history made centuries or decades ago. Rather, it is a location where people walk right up to the line dividing two countries still technically at war and where violence could conceivably erupt at any time, putting tourists in the middle of an international incident.
http://www.stripes.com/news/destination-dmz-tourist-spot-offers-close-up-look-at-volatile-korean-border-1.139931
Sounds sort of like Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, only more dangerous.
Upstairs, a handful of U.S. soldiers broke away from their group to walk through what essentially is a small museum explaining the history and significance of the place, where people come to experience history and have their photos taken at one of the most iconic locations in the world.
But this is no ordinary tourist stop, where visitors get a glimpse into history made centuries or decades ago. Rather, it is a location where people walk right up to the line dividing two countries still technically at war and where violence could conceivably erupt at any time, putting tourists in the middle of an international incident.
http://www.stripes.com/news/destination-dmz-tourist-spot-offers-close-up-look-at-volatile-korean-border-1.139931
Sounds sort of like Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, only more dangerous.