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North and south korea facing each other down across the 38th parallel, the dmz. my tour guide is a north korean lieutenant colonel. when you actually live here, does it feel tense? when you actually live here, does it feel tense? does it feel like you're on the brink of a war? >> translator: i think it's not an exaggeration to say we are living at the brink of war given that we are constantly receiving threats of war. >> south korean and american soldiers down north korean soldiers and vice versa. they call this the demilitarized zone, but it's the exact opposite. both sides have masses of sol...

Dictatorship and democracy staring each other down. >> it's a very, very big reminder of what's at stake on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: the first official talks in two years will be held in panmunjom, the so-called truce village straddling the 38th parallel, the tense dividing line between two neighbors still technically at war. delegations from both sides of the dmz will be sitting a stone's throw away from the path a north koreian soldier took in november in a dramatic defection, shot five times running south. the talks will take place in peace house, one of three buildings in the tru...

Down and discuss north korea's potential participation in the olympics in pyeongchang, people are looking at this as a promising sign. and these discussions are happening in a very historic place, a place described as one of the most tense and potentially dangerous flash points on earth. the korean demilitarized zone, a place where two worlds collide, dictatorship and democracy staring each other down. the first official talks in two years between north and south korea will be held in panmunjom, the so-called truce village straddling the 38th parallel, the tense dividing line between two neigh...

These two countries are technically still at war. here's cnn's will ripley. >> it's a vivid reminder of what's at stake on the planes. >> reporter: the first official talks in two years between north and south korea will be held is in the so-called truce village. straddling the 38th parallel. the tense dividing line between two neighbors still technically at war. delegations from both sides of the dmz will be sitting a stone's throw away from the path on north korean soldier took in november in a dramatic defection, shot five times, running south. the talks will take place in peace house, one ...

The korean demilitarized zone or dmz, a place unlike any other in the world. to understand the dmz, we need to go back to the end of world war ii. the soviets and americans divided korea just like they did germany. and the korean war set the two superpowers against each other with koreans caught in the middle. 3 million of them died. technically the war never ended. an armistice agreement left north and south korea facing each other down across the 38th parallel, the dmz. my tour guide is a north korean lieutenant colonel. when you actually live here, does it feel tense? does it feel like you'...