North Korean border (Punmunjeom)

A lot of heavy rain today. Went on a tour to the North Korean border at Punmunjeom.

Since the end of the Koran war, North and South Korea are separated by a 4km wide DMZ, 2km on each side of the demarcation line. In Punmunjeom, a Joint Security Area has been established, where the truce negiotioans took place, and which is still the place where peace talks are held.

The demarcation line passes through the blue United Nations buildings in the picture below (the soldiers are South Korean). You can visit the building, and walk to the North Korean side of the line. The grey concrete building is North Korean (with a guard in front of it).









Also on the tour, we could see a Noth Korean propaganda village, with a large flag, and huge signs saying "Follow the way of the Leader". Too much rain to make good pictures though.

Dinner: steamed pork with Gimchi. This is cabbage, white radish, and other vegetables that have been pickled and fermented in a red pepper sauce. Very hot, it took me half a liter of water and an equal amount of beer to cool down again.