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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe “truce village” straddling the line between North and South Korea where the Korean War armistice was signed 70 years ago is now more like a sieve than a barrier to anyone thinking of leaping to the other side.Bizarrely, it’s North Korea’s caution that has left them so exposed.“There are no North Korean guards because of the COVID lockdown on their side,” said Victor Cha, who served as Asia director at the National Security Council wh

By Andrés Sánchez Braun Panmunjom, South Korea, Oct 4 (EFE).- The growing tension on the Korean peninsula is a stark contrast to the ghostly atmosphere at the Joint Security Area (JSA), the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone where North and South Korean troops used to stand face-to-face. Oblivious to the border that has …

About four years ago, the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom was brimming with renewed hopes for peace, as a rare summit between the two Koreas took place there, diluting its image of cross-border tension, albeit temporarily. But such hopes appeared to be fading amid COVID-19 and uncertainties in inter-Korean ties, as reporters on Tuesday's media tour saw North Korean troops wary of cross-border contact and unruly weeds seeming like a sign of Seoul's hitherto unfruitful peace endeavors.

>> almost every day. >> yes, ma'am. you can hear me now? we're heading over to checkpoint three, same rules do apply. >> reporter: how do you explain to americans back in the states what you do day to on day? >> i provide security for people that would like to come toward the dmz. ladies and gentlemen, my name is private first class roberts son. i will be your security expert. before we get started, i'll ask you a couple questions. is anybody currently under the influence of drugs or alcohol at this time? no? and does anyone feel like defecting toward north korea today? no? okay. cool. all rig...

If you look over there, not only are the u.s. and south korean troops getting ready for it, you see right over there, the man on the other side of the blue building, that's a north korean military officer. here comes the vice president now. you see those soldiers on the other side of that concrete barrier taking pictures. those are north korean soldiers, taking photos of the vice president. if you swing around right here, dave, the vice president getting a briefing, so they're taking a picture, many pictures of the vice president looking at them and looking in to north korea. you see the concr...