The Living Time Capsule

In the second week of our trip we had the opportunity to visit the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea.

Map of a divided Korea in the South Korean Unification Observatory. Photo by Erin Chapman.

Replica of the Unification Observatory that over looks North Korea.  The real North Korea is visible just outside of the window. Photo by Erin Chapman.

North Korean soldiers guard the entrance to a United Nations building in the Joint Security Area, as North Korea looms in the background. Photo by Erin Chapman.

A North Korean soldier stands behind the table that hosted the Six-Party negotiations between North and South Korea. Photo by Erin Chapman. 

The Large North Korean tower visible from the JSA. North Koreans gave an identical tower to the South Korean border village, and then erected this one--that was twice as tall--several months later. Photo by Erin Chapman.

The "bridge of no return" that separates the North from the South. Photo by Erin Chapman. 

To read more about my experience, check out my column, "Land of the Lost," that was first published in the Indiana Daily Student.