North Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국
Pictures taken during my trip to North Korea (DPRK) in September 2014. We visited Pyongyang, Kaesong, the DMZ and Wonsang. We met many North Korean people and children and took many photographs.
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Korean Demilitarised Zone
Samuel and Massimo in front of the DMZ.
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ is a de facto border barrier and cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half,
It was created as part of the Korean Armistice Agreement between North Korea, the People's Republic of China, and the United Nations Command forces in 1953.
It is 250 kilometres (160 miles) long, approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) wide and, despite its name, is the most heavily militarized border in the world
