EnterTheVoid Posted December 27, 2014 Author Posted December 27, 2014 Have people ' date=' regular visitors like you from SK ever been shot there, even by mistake?[/quote'] Yeah. Some time back, North Koreans shot dead a South Korean tourist. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071100314.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/world/asia/12korea.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/world/asia/12cnd-korea.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/11/korea ----- They take security very seriously. Thats why we had to pass checkpoint after checkpoint after checkpoint.
EnterTheVoid Posted December 27, 2014 Author Posted December 27, 2014 Thats just the reality of life there. Life is cheap. The pictures I posted here, they are 10% of what I saw there. If you take pictures where they tell you not to take pictures, they will think that you are a North Korean spy. End result is not pretty.
EnterTheVoid Posted December 27, 2014 Author Posted December 27, 2014 The two Koreas are still at war. The place is just not safe. Thats why the armed guards, military escorts and the like. Do what they say. Otherwise, they will assume you are a spy trying to take pictures of secret military installations for the other side.
Stuge Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the pictures. More travelogues to come. I am also working on getting my blog up and running soon. Looking forward to it
EnterTheVoid Posted December 28, 2014 Author Posted December 28, 2014 This is a light map of Korea as seen from space. North Korea - pitch dark; South Korea - light everywhere.
EnterTheVoid Posted December 28, 2014 Author Posted December 28, 2014 And to think, this was the same country 50 odd years ago.
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