There is something ethically unsettling about buying into a half day tour of a military standoff. At what point in the progression of battle does one side decide that there is money to be made parading tourists along the line of contention? And at what point does that tour become the “must see” destination of [...]
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The Demilitarized Zone – a Travel Review
Posted in Photography, South Korea, Travel Review, tagged commodity of war, Demilitarized Zone, DMZ, DMZ Tour, Freedom Village, Joint Security Area, JSA, Kijong-dong, Military Demarcation Line, North Korea, Panmunjom, Propaganda Village, South Korea, The Axe Murder Incident, Tunnel, United Nations, USO Korea, war tourism on February 8, 2009 | 7 Comments »
