Looking out over the DMZ into the drab proto-industrial North Korean villages along the border.
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War-Zone Tourist
Posted on February 4, 2007 by lewisshepherd
Back Behind the Iron Curtain Again…
Posted on February 4, 2007 by lewisshepherd
Just to see what life is like on the other side of the table, I visited North Korea for a short period of time. Things were pretty quiet over there, though I did get a little hungry.
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North Korean Observation
Posted on February 4, 2007 by lewisshepherd
More than fifty years of an uneasy truce have been witnessed from a short distance by intently impassive North Korean soldiers….
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"So, picture yourself looking through MacArthur’s aviator glasses…"
Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd
Our DMZ guide, an Australian Defence Forces officer serving in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission, would be great at shadow puppets.
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James, Ron and I.
Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd
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"Try to stay away from that area over there…"
Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd
Overlooking the DMZ
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King Ripper
Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd
“King Ripper” could be a Seventies longhair-band name, but in fact this is James King (L) and Ron Ripper (R), my two local traveling companions and ever-present guides.
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"Is that a cloud or a very old MiG?"
Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd
Touring the lovely Panmunjeom area, within the DMZ.
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"Driver, head north"
Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd
I arrived in Korea not far from MacArthur’s Inchon landing spot – which I asked to have pointed out to me as we drove around the Peninsula. The map book in my sedan was entirely in Korean (of which I am of course completely ignorant), which certainly tested my ability to read just the geographic aspects on the page. The only Korean word I know is “barbecue” 🙂
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Not good
Posted on September 17, 2005 by lewisshepherd
More bad stuff today… I’m lucky, because I haven’t had to go outside the wall except for my first two days here. Nevertheless, one guy here on base was killed the day I left the US (Sept 11) by a mortar attack over the wall, and another on Sept 7. This is a car bomb near the airport.
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Shepherd's Pi 