Korea

North Korea, as seen from an observatory on the south side of the border, at Odo mountain

I'm no longer in Germany - after many years, I am now doing a one-year tour away from my family in South Korea. This is the second time for me. In some ways, this is worse than Iraq! At least in Iraq, I feel like I can do my job with a purpose; Korea has been a stalemate for 50 years.

The above village is mainly for show, since North Koreas know that people can see it. But there is a permanent population that tills the fields by hand, as most people did in antiquity.