Despite the recent gunfire, Korea’s DMZ is a surprisingly nice place
CHEORWON, South Korea — Bill Clinton called the heavily armed demilitarized zone here “the scariest place on Earth.” It is at this border between North and South that the legacy of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War — which never resulted in a peace treaty — remains tense. It’s the tangible remnant of a “forgotten war” in which more than 2 million civilians died.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Oct 22, 2014