[vannrox]

Sad...but really dangerous.

[observer5]

"To get there, you travel alongside minefields, through two anti-tank walls and kilometres of barbed wire."

Which are ONLY there to keep their citizens IMPRISONED!!!

[angkor]

Three deadly issues the United Nations is doing a sterling job in resolving: Kashimir, N. Korea, and Iraq.

A worthwhle institution. /sarcasm

[Earl B.]

"It's like something out of the Cold War," Mr Downer said of the DMZ.

Yeah, just LIKE something out of the cold war. Brilliant.

[Hammerhead]

that English guy Ian that wanders around the planet on that Discovery Channel show visited the DMZ and the Conference Building.

WEIRD place. VERY weird. Not to get religeous, but it was like the place was devoid of any sprituality - total emptiness.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

"It's one of the strangest places I've ever been to," Mr Downer said.

Ditto for me. I was in that building, on the North Korean side, one week before the infamous Sea of Fire comment in 1994, with a Japanese tour group. This place is in a time warp, akin to East Berlin in the Cold War. You are literally looking at people who have no clue what the rest of the world looks like and use 1950's Soviet-style grooming methods.

If anyone gets the chance, its worth the trip. Be sure to get the requisite photo of an NK grunt staring menacingly, they seem to like doing that.

[taxcontrol]

The 'old Army grapvine has lot's of rummors and is running wild.

Things like old (40 ish) Rangers and Infantry being ASKED to return to duty. Mind you - not reservist or guardsmen. Not prior officers. Former NCOs who are now Civilians and who have done their time.

Makes me wonder.

[briant]

The brown building on the right houses the United Nations Command quick reaction force, able to be deployed in the field in 60 to 90 seconds.

And then???