{"id":26411,"date":"2014-03-11T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T08:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=26411"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:28:56","slug":"a-view-from-the-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/a-view-from-the-other-side\/","title":{"rendered":"A View From the Other Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The difference between the atmosphere on the North Korean side<br \/>\nof the DMZ and what I could remem<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>ber from a tour I had<br \/>\npreviously taken in South Korea was extreme.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_223_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Kaesong Highway connects Pyongyang to Seoul via<br \/>\nKaesong and the blockaded DMZ. It is a long and poorly maintained road that<br \/>\ncuts through frost-covered fields and barren mountains with hardly any towns to<br \/>\nbreak the monotony. We were told that the 165km trip to Kaesong from the<br \/>\ncapital would take two and a half hours. As it turns out, delays at checkpoints and the poor state of the road meant that the trip took nearly four<br \/>\nhours.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_224_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We arrived at the Folk Custom Hotel in Kaesong long<br \/>\npast nightfall and had to use our flashlights to navigate the hotel grounds.<br \/>\nOur evening meal was a version of a traditional Korean royal court meal; twelve<br \/>\nside dishes served with rice and soup. The food was mostly vegetarian and very<br \/>\ndelicious, although the power would go off sporadically and we would have to<br \/>\neat in the dark.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_226_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A Communist-style poster can be seen just beyond the<br \/>\ngates of the traditional hotel.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_227_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We were told not to take any photos of the old city as<br \/>\nwe walked through its streets to get to the main road. But I couldn\u2019t resist<br \/>\nthe opportunity take a shot of an aspect of Kaesong I thought very unusual; unlike<br \/>\nPyongyang, there was litter on the streets. &nbsp;Much to my surprise, the most common pieces of<br \/>\nlitter were Choco Pie wrappers. Presumably the popular South Korean snack came<br \/>\nfrom the nearby Kaesong Industrial Complex. &nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_228_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The widest and longest street in Kaesong leads to a<br \/>\nlarge statue of Kim ll Sung. The other end of this avenue leads to nowhere.<br \/>\nTraffic directors in the city have very little to do, as there are few cars and<br \/>\nmost people get around the city on foot.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_229_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This poster at the entrance to the DMZ from the north<br \/>\nside says, \u201cLet Us Bequeath a Reunified Fatherland to the Future Generations.\u201d<br \/>\nThe sign to the right translates as, \u201cSelf-Reliance, Reunification.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_230_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A replica of the Korean Armistice Agreement, signed by<br \/>\nNorth Korea, China and the United States representing the United Nations on<br \/>\nJuly 27<sup>th<\/sup>, 1953, is housed in the North Korea Peace Museum.&nbsp; There are also many photographs and documents<br \/>\nfrom the war as well as an original United Nations flag on display.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_231_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Before we knew it our DMZ tour guide rounded a corner<br \/>\nand the Freedom House at Panmunjom came into view. This was my second visit to<br \/>\nthe Joint Security Area. The first time was on a USO tour from the south side.<br \/>\nIt was quite eerie seeing the familiar South Korean soldiers &#8211; \u201cmy side\u201d &#8211; and<br \/>\nthe unfamiliar North Korean soldiers &#8211; the \u201cother side\u201d &#8211; but over the past few<br \/>\ndays, I\u2019d become so accustomed to seeing North Korean soldiers everywhere that<br \/>\nthe very concept of \u201csides\u201d became unclear.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_232_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When we went inside Panmungak, the North Korean<br \/>\nsoldiers standing guard returned to the grey North-controlled building on the<br \/>\nleft. They only emerge when visitors are around so they can guard the border &#8211;<br \/>\nthe same goes for the South Korean soldiers. We were able to see a few tour<br \/>\ngroups on the south side from the balcony, along with their South Korean and U.S.<br \/>\nmilitary escorts. I remembered that during our tour of the DMZ in the South there<br \/>\nwere exceedingly strict rules that meant no pointing, laughing, or doing anything<br \/>\nelse that could be deemed provocative.&nbsp;<br \/>\nWe were also banned from taking pictures of certain people or buildings.<br \/>\nIn the North it was the complete opposite. My friends and I freely took photos<br \/>\nof the other tour groups, waved, and made heart formations with our arms. Our<br \/>\nDMZ guide, a North Korean soldier, was curious about what the atmosphere was<br \/>\nlike on the opposite side. When I told him that it had been a scary and intense<br \/>\nexperience, he laughed out loud. It didn\u2019t feel like the DMZ at all.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201403\/DNKE_233_297002_1394497319_i.gif\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We visited a cooperative farm after our tour of the<br \/>\nDMZ. The farmers had very little to do as it was the middle of winter. The<br \/>\nNorth Korean landscape seemed dead and grey for the entire week, and I had to<br \/>\nkeep reminding myself that it was February, and that green would return to the<br \/>\ntrees and fields in the coming spring.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The difference between the atmosphere on the North Korean side of the DMZ and what I could remember from a tour I had previously taken in South Korea was extreme. The Kaesong Highway connects Pyongyang to Seoul via Kaesong and the blockaded DMZ. 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