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DSC_0015-Military Outposts along Namhangang (Han River)
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Military Outposts along Namhangang (Han River)
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Barbed wire along Namhangang (Han River) to prevent North Korean agents from swimming down the river and walk up the banks
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Dorasan Station, last station leaving South Korea, completely empty and unused
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Dorasan Station, a piece of railway track and names of citizens and companies which donated money for the construction of the station
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Dorasan Station, 56 km from Seoul Station
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Dorasan Station entrance
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Dorasan Station Waiting Area, no passengers only tourists.
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Dorasan Station - Baggage processing centre. No passengers and no workers.
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Dorasan Station Waiting Area, no passengers only tourists
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Dekhchareb Automatic Rifle from the Korean War
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Inside the DMZ red signs warning of live landmines from the Korean War , millions of which are still lying around
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Dora Observatory on Dorasan (Mt. Dora)
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Dora Observatory on Dorasan (Mt. Dora) in the DMZ looking onto North Korea in the distance
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Dora Observatory on Dorasan (Mt. Dora) in the DMZ photo line, beyond which taking pictures prohibited
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Dora Observatory on Dorasan (Mt. Dora) in the DMZ
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Imjingak Park Monument
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Mangbaedan, which stands opposite of Imjingak, is famous for the place where people from North Korea visit and perform ancestral rites by bowing toward their hometown every New Years Day and Chuseok
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Imjingak Park wall of memories, where Koreans and people from around the world leave messages for peace and unification. There are many images from the Korean War along the wall.
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Imjingak Park - this bridge leads to the Freedom Bridge used for prisoner exchange after the Korean War
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Locomotive train engine from Jangdan station riddled with over 1000 bullet holes shot by North Korean army during the war
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Imjingak Park wire fence, the Freedom Bridge beyond the fence, stones were put on the fence to alert patrolmen if someone had gone over the fence
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Imjingak Park, locomotive train
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Freedom Bridge which 12773 South Korean soldiers crossed after being released by North Korea at the end of the War.
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Beer bottle monument near a petrol pump, South Korea
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The Joint Security Area (JSA) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where South and North Korean forces stand face-to-face. The large concrete building is Panmungak, belonging to North Korea.
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Joint Security Area (JSA), right most building is a North Korean observation post.
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South Korean soldiers stand with half their body hidden by the side of the building to have some protection in case North Korea shoots. There are still some US soldiers as part of the US mission although they were supposed to leave around 2008
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MAC Conference Room, where talks take place between both sides. The concrete slabs on the two sides signify the border.
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South Korean soldiers in Taekwondo "Ready" position, the concrete slab marks the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) or the border
