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Country of Month - South Korea

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Country of Month - South Korea
The Military Demarcation Line or 38th Parallel between North and South Korea is that bit of concrete curbing at the end of the blue huts. It would not be a good idea to try to cross it. Note the North Korean soldier at top. We were in a high security military zone...no signs or provocative T shirt messages allowed.

Seoul is only 8okm from the North Korean border (which we visited. See top image). What must it do to your head living so close to a nuclear armed weird dictatorship fixed in the 1950s? All the historic buildings were destroyed during the Korean war and have been replicated with a vaguely Hollywood feel. The National War Museum has one whole gallery geared to childrens' entertainment including jumping castles. Unimaginable in the Australian War Memorial. There is a Toilet Theme Park and a house built like a toilet!

URL: paulleonardsblog.net/travel/

The railway line descends into tunnels built under the border by the North Koreans. They painted the walls black claiming they were coal mines. They are intended for a future invasion of the south.

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Paul Shea

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