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“Miguk-in onda,” the Korean kids used to shout at me as I walked past the convenience store. The mere sight of a white guy on the streets of Seoul causing them to break out in cheers and shouts, proclaiming that an American guy was coming. I didn’t really have the heart to tell them I was from the south of England, nor did I fancy trying to explain Benedict Anderson’s 1983 book Imagined Communities or the War of 1812 to them. So, I just smiled and played along. “What’s your name?” the loudest and most confident would yell out.

Pyongyang and Seoul have scrapped a five-year-old agreement meant to reduce the risk of clashes.

Pyongyang and Seoul have scrapped a five-year-old agreement meant to reduce the risk of clashes.

A tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border will partially resume this week, the unification ministry said Tuesday.

South Korea announced the restart of select Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) tours, paused after a U.S. soldier's unauthorized crossing. These exclusive tours, limited to 20 guests with ties to the Unification Ministry, will occur thrice daily, four times weekly. The decision follows discussions with the United Nations Command (UNC) to ensure safety. General tours for the public, halted since the incident, await review by the UNC. The DMZ, overseen by the UNC, remains a symbol of the Korean conflict's unresolved status, hosting historical inter-Korean talks.