Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

The border is ill-defined in places, and Korean and Chinese claims overlap. Between the two Koreas, the 38th parallel originally formed the boundary as set by Soviet and U.S. occupation forces in 1945. Now there is a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), established by the July 27, 1953, Korean Armistice that marked the end of the Korean War (1950– 53). This zone, 2.5 miles wide, stretches some 151 miles on land and another 37 miles through the Han River estuary, right across the peninsula. Despite the area’s official title, both sides have brought weapons into their respective sectors from the very start of the armistice, and the DMZ is, ironically, now one of the most fortified regions in the world.

James Hoare.