Photo Essay

Beyond the DMZ

The war that tore us apart, leaving lasting trauma
A border between you and me in the place of gunfire

Sea of clouds over the DMZ, 28th division mid-western front, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do Province

DMZ seen behind the barbed-wire fence of the Southern Limit Line

A larger boundary was created to guard that border,
248 km of barbed wire around the waist of the peninsula

Amjeonggyo Bridge, with dimensions of 120 m length, 4 m width and 7 m height, making it the grandest bridge in the area before the Korean War.

With the passage of time, life has sprouted between the rusty remains of the Korean War.

Former Korean Workers’ Party Headquarters in Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do Province, completed in 1946. Registered cultural heritage 22.
Traces of the Korean War can be seen in its blackened walls covered in holes and cracks left by shellfire.

Demilitarized Zone, a misleading name of peace given to a forbidden land behind the wire.
Finally, the first step to overcome the 65 years of pain,
‘You’ and ‘I’ embrace, and begin the march to recover ‘us’

Soldiers standing guard in Panmunjeom. It is a symbol of the Korean division, located on the military demarcation line of the DMZ.