T he 1953 Korean War armistice ended the fighting but not the war. For the next 15 years, skirmishing continued in a low-intensity conflict along the DMZ, or Demilitarized Zone. 1968 became a year ...

Mentions of the DMZ evoke thoughts of North Korean missile tests, high-level summit meetings, barbed wire fences, and stoic army personnel. However, the DMZ simultaneously exists as a place of rich ...

On June 25, I visited the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, between North and South Korea. The day of my visit marked exactly 73 years since the Korean War began in 1950, and the spot I stood at wasn't ...